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- 8th
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Students examine everyday garbage to hypothesize about the lives of those who used it. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students experiment with schoolyard materials to find the biodegradability rates. In addition, they plant materials in an experimental garden, leaving them for a few months to determine what has happened to them. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students discover the biodegradability of different materials. They bury the materials in the schoolyard and return months later to see the results. They analyze the results and write in their observation logs. Full Review »
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- 4th - 6th
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Students analyze how studying garbage relates to methods of archaeology. They examine garbage to determine things about their culture and relate that to prehistoric peoples. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students recognize their garbage habits and focus on a means of changing one or more habits so that they can contribute to waste reduction in the classroom. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss how trash is removed in space. In groups, they complete an experiment in which they develop a way to minimize the smell of the garbage. They smell each of the treatmnts, rate their intensity and determine which one was most effective in reducing the smell. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students examine amount of garbage disposed of by average household weekly, classify different categories of garbage and describe composition of landfills, investigate what happens to waste after it is collected by garbage trucks, and create garbage pizza graph based on amount of garbage in each category. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students keep a record of how much and what kinds of garbage their families produce on a weekly basis. They graph the data and then draft a proposed law to remedy the problem of too much garbage production. They may focus on issues of mandatory recycling or in company responsibility in reducing waste. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students discuss the importance of controlling the amount of garbage that is produced at home, in school, and in their communities. They identify what the Antarctic explorers did to protect Antarctica's environment and keep it clean. Finally, students explain the various ways that adults and children can manage their garbage daily. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students measure the amount of garbage generated by students in their school. After discussing methods to reduce, reuse and recycle garbage, students brainstorm specific ways methods to incorporate at school. After developing and incorporating their plan, students measure and compare the amount of garbage produced. Full Review »
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