Decoding Sustainability: The 3 Rs walkthrough

Section role: supports the 'Decoding Sustainability: The 3 Rs' section while the teacher formalizes student discoveries from the Zero-Waste Party Challenge into core concepts. Slides: (1) Title — 'Going Green: The 3 Rs'; (2) Landfills vs. Forests — high-contrast visual comparison of waste piles and healthy ecosystems; (3) Reduce — definition, example of skipping a straw, and connection to energy use; (4) Reuse — definition, example of refillable water bottles and second-life items; (5) Recycle — definition, how old materials become new things; (6) Carbon Footprint — explanation of the energy required to make and transport everything we buy; (7) Closing slide — 'Which of the 3 Rs was the easiest to practice at our party?' — sets up the Eco-Hero Decision Lab section that follows.

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