In School Programs

4th Grade – Earth Schools

Earth Schools is a recycling education program for fourth grade, presented by the Ecology Action Center and funded by McLean County, Town of Normal, and City of Bloomington since 1993. By educating children, we strive to increase recycling in their homes. Earth Schools makes recycling lessons fun while students learn important educational concepts.

This program is designed to teach students the value of reducing, reusing and recycling in our community through an interactive and hands-on learning format. We cover principles of natural resources, energy and resource conservation. The students practice listening and speaking skills, while learning science and social studies concepts. Our learning objectives follow Illinois Learning Standards.

We know many classes have had our trained volunteers or staff members visit over the last eight years. This school year, we would like to present our recycling lessons to your classroom.

A trained environmental educator will present Earth Schools from the Ecology Action Center for a one-hour program. A second presentation that includes papermaking, worm composting and the recycle factory is also available for schools that can meet certain logistical requirements.

Scheduling your class is easy. We will accommodate your needs as much as possible, but we suggest scheduling immediately.

Email the Ecology Action Center by clicking here or call 309-454-3169 for more information.