• In this interactive game, students visit 5 different locations in an online city and answer questions related to recycling.
• Learners stop at city hall, a household, a school, a café, and a grocery store to explore ways to reduce, reuse, and recycle at each site.
  
• Learners earn three tokens for every correct answer and can put their initials on a leaderboard at the end of the game.  

Positives

• Students can complete the questions multiple times to ensure they get the correct answer and learn waste-reduction strategies.
• Reputable resources for further research on topics such as fuel efficiency, Energy Star products, biking, and waste reduction are linked throughout the answer summaries.

Additional Prerequisites

• Internet access is required.
• A few of the links for further research do not work, but the majority do.

Differentiation

• Learners could work in pairs or groups and each group could be assigned a different linked resource to research further.
• Consider having students take notes on what they learn to write an individual or classroom recycling action plan.
• Students may enjoy the game-like setup of the quiz questions. This game could be played at any point during a unit on recycling and waste management to assess what students already know and to provide opportunities for further exploration.
  
• Additional resources on recycling are this lesson on making reusable bags and this video on the difficulties of recycling.

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