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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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- 3rd - 12th
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Students identify sources of home hazardous waste and create posters to educate the community about how to handle hazardous wastes. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students classify trash into categories, learn options for dealing with trash, and consider problems that exist with landfills through these activities. Full Review »
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- 1st - 2nd
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Students classify trash and place them in the correct recycling bin. They identify objects that can be made from recycled materials. They discover the importance of recycling and create an object with recyclable materials. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students, after identifying sources of home hazardous waste, create posters to educate the community about how to handle hazardous wastes. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students work together in groups to collect and categorize the class's solid waste items. They sort the garbage into recyclable and non-recyclable items. They discuss ways in which engineers have helped to reduce the amount of solid waste. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 5th
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Students collect and categorize solid waste produced in the classroom. They weigh the waste that has been collected over one week's time, and separate it into recyclable and non-recyclable waste. They talk about the role of engineers in reducing and recycling solid waste. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten
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Students examine the concepts of recycling and reusing. They define recycling and reusing, and examine various trash items and determine whether they can be recycled or reused. Students then create a "Litter Bug" to put next to a trash can to remind them to recycle. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 4th
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Students sort trash bags according to their own ideas about trash. They review vocabulary words and read a trade book on recycling. Students create their own definition of pollution and discuss what they can do to reduce pollution. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students work in cooperative groups to estimate how long trash lasts in a landfill. They study environmental consequences of not recycling and use graph-making software to create a graph that illustrates the lifespan of trash items discussed in the activity. Full Review »
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