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- 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
- Kindergarten - 6th
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Students work together to identify items sent to landfills. They summarize percentages of the different items found in landfills. They create a pizza pie graph of all of the components found in landfills. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students examine and identify the types of nonpoint pollution on Long Island Sound. In groups, they walk the shoreline, collect trash and identify its source. Using that information, they create a variety of graphs of the different types of trash they found. To end the lesson, they work together in groups to create a poster and presentation to share their results with the class. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd
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Students sort waste materials and learn how these materials can be reduced, recycled or reused. A visit by a member of the school's custodial staff, local sanitation department or solid waste authority gives students a real world account of technological solutions to waste management in their school and community. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 6th - 8th
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Students discover that waste disposal has been an ongoing problem since medieval times. In this lesson, students explore the three methods of waste disposal in use by modern communities. They also investigate how engineers design sanitary landfills to prevent leachate from polluting the underlining groundwater. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students explore solid waste and its effects on the environment. They explain some of the major problems caused by waste disposal and the use of landfills. They suggest ways to reduce the amount of solid waste going into a landfill. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 2nd
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Students relate recycling to their everyday lives and responsibilities. They define recycling and write a short paragraph regarding who should recycle. in addition, they sort certain recyclable products, play the "Clean up Treasure Hunt" and create a luscious layered landfill. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students review the garbage/landfill graphs included with the lesson. They discuss the information on the graphs and discuss which garbage products come from their homes. Students collect examples of over packaging to share with class members. Students survey their school to identify missed recycling opportunities. The class develops a plan for recycling in their school. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students relate that the quality of thier drinking water is subject to the conditionof the environment and water found in streams and creeks in their community. They track the travel of a wad of paper from a student's desk to a local landfill. They discuss the landfills and demonstrate how they are used by burying trash under a layer of soil inside the tank. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 3rd
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Students create a pizza pie graph of materials commonly found in landfills. Working in groups, they create a pizza crust and use commonly found trash items as the toping so represent the distribution of materials found in a landfill. Full Review »
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