teacher resources
Updated
06/24/2009
New Anti-Litter Curriculum Resources
Perhaps the single most meaningful element in
the success of any anti-litter campaign is the effect it has on
students. If we can teach our children the
importance of cleaning up our state and educate them to stop
litter at its source, then we have a chance to finally eliminate
litter in South Carolina.
As all teachers know, children can also make
a very real difference in the attitude and conduct of their
parents. That's why the children you teach are so important
to this campaign and the future of South Carolina.
PalmettoPride, in partnership with the Department of Education, recognized the role education could play in eradicating the state’s litter problem. The response was to develop Keeping South Carolina Clean and Beautiful a curriculum resource for grades K-12 that would increase the awareness of the problem, while providing students with ways to be part of the solution.
Developed by teachers for teachers, the anti-litter curriculum is available to teachers around the state in the form of an interactive CD. This tool enables teachers to easily search and access lessons either by grade level or key word. All lessons and activities are tied to the South Carolina Curriculum Standards in science, health and social studies across all grade levels. A unique feature of the curriculum is that each lesson also offers service-learning litter reduction initiatives that take students beyond the classroom instilling the idea that they are responsible for protecting and preserving the world around them.
To start using the curriculum...
Download the zip from from the link below to access the curriculum for both Windows and Macintosh. Please note that your computer will also need to have the free adobe acrobat reader to access some of the files.
Save the link below to your computer and double -click on the file to open the files.
Download the curriculum
(pdf)
Examples of Topics include:
- caring for habitats
- classifying different types of litter
- managing solid waste
- preserving ecosystems
- how litter effects our environment
- analyzing and preventing pollution
Many of the lessons are based on the inquiry standards as they encourage students to observe, classify, measure and communicate ideas and actions.
If you would like to learn more, request a copy of the interactive CD, or if your school is interested in a detailed presentation please contact the PalmettoPride office toll-free at (877) 725-7733 or email
our Education Manager,
Jennifer Fisher. Get your school involved in a cleaner South Carolina by encouraging them to take pride, take responsibility and take action against litter.
We Need Your Feedback
Your feedback on the curriculum will help us improve this product. Please take a moment to fill out the evaluation form (PDF). We thank you in advance for your time!
Challenge for the Environment Grant program.
The Challenge
for the Environment Grant program is a
competitive grant designed to educate middle and high school
students and their community about the importance of keeping
the state clean and beautiful. PalmettoPride requires all
grant recipients to develop and implement programs that will
focus on anti-litter awareness, education, enforcement and
pickup; ultimately changing the behavior that creates
litter.
*If you are a grant recipient, you are
required to teach the Litter Curriculum to your students,
but you do not have to incorporate the curriculum into your
Challenge for the Environment grant application.
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