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- 9th - 12th
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Students become aware that everything we do on and to the surface of the earth affects our water. Full Review »
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- 8th - 12th
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Students discuss waste management prior to watching the video, Bury, Burn, or return: Winning the War Against Waste. They discover the role of government in waste management and the environmental consequences of uncontrolled waste disposal. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate the three methods of waste disposal. They listen to a teacher-led lecture, answer discussion questions, and write a letter to the E.P.A. from the viewpoint of an environmental engineer. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students work together to create models of landfill liners. They create a bag that will hold water and not leak. They discover environmental engineers face the same challenges. Full Review »
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- 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 »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students construct model landfill liners out of two-inch strips of garbage bags within resource constraints. The challenge is to construct a bag that will hold one cup of water without leaking. This represents similar challenges that environmental engineers face when building a liner for a real landfill. This is a challenging and motivating activity which will stimulate student involvement. Full Review »
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- 7th - 8th
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Students examine how a sanitary landfill is constructed, how it functions, and how waste and leachate affects the areas around the landfill. After a discussion about landfills and leachates, students construct a Sanitary Landfill Model and collect data on the runoff from simulated rainfall. Students also conduct three other experiments using leachate from their landfills-How leachate contaminates groundwater, How leachate affects plants, and How leachate affects living things. Full Review »
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- 5th - 7th
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Students study the life cycle of salmon. They review the stages in the life cycle of a salmon and discuss the similarities and differences in each stage. They summarize the life cycle and habitat by completing a chart. They create a landfill model and observe the leachate. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students examine issues dealing with waste management and landfills. They create, label, and identify parts of landfills. Students describe ways they can personally reduce the amount of trash they generate in a day. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students predict which types of soils would work best for keeping contaminants contained. They comprehend that in the past, landfills have been one major source of groundwater contamination. Pupils comprehend that placing and building landfills that prevent leachate, from leaving the landfill and entering either surface or groundwater supplies. Full Review »
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