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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students consider the amount of packaging used in manufacturing food and follow its travels through to the landfill. They brainstorm ways in which to reduce packaging and take a survey at home to evaluate ways they could reduce trash. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students accurately construct a model of a sanitary landfill and identify the parts of the landfill and explain their function. They work in grous using a clear plastic box, modeling clay, soil and a variety of garbage to create their landfill. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students investigate how reusing items can reduce landfill waste. They create a craft using common household items that are being reused. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 10th
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Students work in small groups to redesign the packaging of several common items. They attempt to reach the goal of 25% reduction in packaging materials currently used and explore the impact of various materials and designs in landfills and recycling efforts. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students work in groups to bury a variety of trash items and arrange them in a mini-landfill. They predict which items will biodegrade and then keep records of what the items look like every ten days. Students consider how recycling and varying conditions in landfills can aid the process of decomposition. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 7th - 12th
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Students explore the environment and landfills. In a problem solving activity, students explore the impact that wrapping paper has on our landfills. Students brainstorm ideas to address the problem and write a plan of action to alleviate the problem. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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In this problem-solving, action-oriented activity, students explore the impact that wrapping paper has on our landfills. Students brainstorm ideas to address the problem and also write an article to educate adults and peers about the issue and inform them as to what action they can take to alleviate the problem. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students explore landfills, composition rates, and saving natural resources. Using jars, students create four sample landfills, one for each basic category of solid waste. Over time, students observe and chart what happens to the various kinds of waste over a given period of time. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - Higher Ed
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Students create a proposal to solve Wake County's problem with losing the North Wake landfill in such a way that: a new landfill site is agreed upon, Solid-wase disposal is in compliance with Local and State landfill regulations and waste disposal is safe and convenient. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 8th - 12th
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Students study the impact humans have on the environment. They determine the affects that sanitary liners have on landfills. Full Review »
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