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- 3rd - 12th
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Students track the amount of junk mail received at their homes in one week and use the collected data to estimate how much junk mail would accumulate in a year. They explore ways to solve the junk mail problem. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students simulate how scientists study the past. They excavate paper from the recycling bin to determine how they are similar to the changing fossil record of the earth. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 1st - 3rd
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Students examine bags of clean trash to discover how archaeologists do their work. The teacher prepares several bags of trash representative of students' lives. They analyze and discuss their findings. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 3rd
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Students describe how aluminum is recycled. They study a diagram illustrating the recycling path of an aluminum can. They answer questions regarding aluminum. They write letters to recycling firms for information on starting a recycling project. Full Review »
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- 10th - 12th
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Students examine the impact of recycling on the economy and environment. They develop a recycling plan for their own community in order to solve recycling problems. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students research recycling activities at schools across the country using e-mail. They research the waste management and recycling program at their school and problem solve to create an environmentally sound program for the future. Full Review »
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- 1st - 3rd
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Students create a trash book or individual student books using cereal boxes. They record everything thrown away and use one page for each category. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students examine the idea of recycling by composting. Using the internet, they research the benefits of composting to the environment. In groups, they collect numbers on how much food and yard waste is produced in their community. They organize a community wide composting campaign to improve the quality of the soil. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students discover the differences between: reduce, reuse, and recycle by performing hands on examinations. They list what would happen to the soil if we allowed the earth to wash away and briefly discuss the meaning of erosion. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students design a new trash can that would not fall over in the wind. They are to solve the problem of trash blowning across the road which casue traffic problems. Students build their best design and test it in the wind. Full Review »
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