The Trouble with Trash!

Welcome to The Trouble with Trash!

We are piloting this new STEM program for kindergarten, first grade, and second grade students with select schools during Spring 2022!  This pilot has been made possible thanks to generous support from the Arnold & Mabel Beckman Foundation.

If you have any questions about the program, feel free to contact Erick Valdez, Education Manager, by emailing erick@crystalcove.org.

The Trouble with Trash Classroom Program

Lesson guides, slideshows, and other online materials for this year’s program will be posted here throughout the spring of of 2022! 

Program Overview

• Trouble with Trash Draft Teacher Guide
• Science Notebook with lines (Kindergarten)
• Science Notebook with lines (First Grade)
• Science Notebook with lines (Second Grade)

Module 1: What is the Problem?

• Module 1 Draft Lesson Guide
• Science Notebook
  • Module 1 Science Notebook with lines
  • Module 1 Science Notebook without lines
• Launch:  
  • Welcome to The Trouble with Trash! Slideshow

• Explore
  • Option 1: Virtual Hike Through Crystal Cove’s Historic District on Thinglink
  • Option 2: In Person or Video Field Trip – Contact erick@crystalcove.org to book.

• Connect
  • Option 1: In One Tidepool by Anthony B. Fredericks
    • In One Tidepool YouTube Reading
    • In One Tidepool Discussion Slideshow
  • Option 2: The Mess That We Made by Michelle Lord
    • The Mess That We Made YouTube Reading
    • The Mess That We Made Discussion Slideshow

• Create & Share: 
  • Option 1: Making a Crab Origami Puppet Slideshow
  • Option 2: Making a Crab Puppet Slideshow and Crab Puppet Printout
• Reflect: 
  • Reflect Slideshow
  • Share your thoughts with us on Flipgrid

Module 2: Who Cares About Solving the Problem?

• Module 2 Draft Lesson Guide
• Science Notebook
  • Module 2 Science Notebook with lines
  • Module 2 Science Notebook without lines

• Launch:  Who Cares About Solving the Problem? Slideshow

• Explore:
  • Option 1: How Does Trash Affect Ocean Animals? Slideshow
  • Option 2: Why Does Our Community Care About Trash? Slideshow

• Connect: We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom
  • We Are Water Protectors YouTube Reading
  • We Are Water Protectors Slideshow

• Create & Share:
  • Painting with Watercolors Slideshow
  • Writing a Haiku Slideshow
• Reflect:
  • Reflect Slideshow
  • Share your thoughts with us on Flipgrid

Module 3: What Is Causing the Problem?

• Module 3 Draft Lesson Guide
• Science Notebook
  • Module 3 Notebook with lines (Kindergarten)
  • Module 3 Notebook with lines (First Grade)
  • Module 3 Notebook with lines (Second Grade)

• Launch: Making Predictions About Trash Slideshow

• Explore:
  • Option 1: How Does Trash End Up on the Beach? Slideshow
  • Option 2: What Happens in a Watershed? Slideshow and Watershed Activity Cards
  • Option 3: Let’s Build a Watershed! Slideshow
• Connect: All the Way to the Ocean by Joel Harper
  • All the Way to the Ocean Youtube Reading
  • All the Way to the Ocean Slideshow
• Create & Share:
  • Option 1: Designing an Interpretive Dance Slideshow
  • Option 2: Storytelling with Kamishibai Slideshow
    • Kamishibai Worksheet
• Reflect:
  • Reflect Slideshow
  • Share your thoughts with us on Flipgrid

Module 4: What are the seen and unseen effects of the problem?

• Module 4 Draft Lesson Guide
• Science Notebook
  • Module 4 Science Notebook with lines
• Launch: Launch Slideshow Coming Soon

• Explore:
  • Option 1: Building a Food Web Slideshow (Coming soon!)
  • Option 2: What Types of Trash Can We Find on the Beach? Slideshow
  • Field trip to Crystal Cove! – Contact erick@crystalcove.org to book.
• Connect: Book TBD by Author TBD
  • Book Youtube Reading
  • Book Slideshow
• Reflect:
  • Reflect Slideshow
  • Share your thoughts with us on Flipgrid!

Module 5: How Can We Solve the Problem?

• Module 5 Draft Lesson Guide
• Science Notebook
  • Module 5 Science Notebook with lines
• Launch: How Can We Help Solve the Problem? Slideshow

• Explore:
  • Option 1: Designing a Tool Slideshow
  • Option 2: Making a PSA Slideshow
  • Option 3: Planning a Trash Clean Up Slideshow
• Connect: Zaynab the Great and the Giant Plastic Monster by Suzie Hicks
  • Zaynab the Great and the Giant Plastic Monster Youtube Reading
  • Zaynab the Great and the Giant Plastic Monster Slideshow
• Reflect:
  • Reflect Slideshow
  • Share your thoughts with us on Flipgrid!