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\nTeachEngineering: Digital Mapping and Geographic Information Systems (GIS)\n

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\nA multidisciplinary unit has young engineers explore Geographic Information Systems (GIS), an essential tool in planning any engineering projects. The lessons and activities in Part 1 of the unit look at GIS in general. Part 2 focuses on...\n
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\nAll Hats for Ecology: Solid Waste Presentation\n

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\nStudents investigate community issues with solid waste. For this mock trial lesson, students examine the issues of solid waste from an ecological and economical perspective. They will develop a mock trial which encourages preservation of...\n
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\nFilling Our Land with Landfills: Solid Waste Disposal\n

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\nThough it comprises only 5 percent of the world's population, the US generates 40 percent of the world's waste. Scholars learn about landfills, their safety, and other solid waste methods. They use experiments and research to learn more....\n
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\nSolid Waste Takes Over\n

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\nStudents 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.\n
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\nSolid Waste\n

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\nStudents determine the percentage increase in output of solid waste in the U.S. They determine the length of time it takes for throw away items to decompose.\n
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\nRecycling/Solid Waste Education with Shel Silverstein: \"Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout\"\n

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\nBoth poetry analysis and waste disposal are more engaging topics for young readers with a worksheet to accompany the Shel Silverstein poem 'Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out\" from Where the Sidewalk Ends. Not only...\n
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\nSolid Waste and Our Natural Resources: Utilizing the Story THE LORAX\n

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\nStudents gain an introduction to our planet's solid waste problem and our personal responsibility in curbing and solving said problem through the use of Dr. Seuss' book, The Lorax. After hearing the book, class discussion follows.\n
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\nEarth Day...Comin Atcha!!!\n

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\nPupils explore the idea of consequence that every individual leaves a daily environmental footprint. They read articles about creative solutions to solid waste issues and then create an artwork from household trash.\n
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\nGarbage/Solid Waste Disposal\n

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\nStudents examine the problem of solid waste disposal in modern society. They decide on a site for waste disposal. They investigate the many different types of waste that need to be dealt with. They participate in three learning station...\n
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\nTE Activity: Trash Talkin'\n

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\nStudents 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...\n
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\nIt's all In the Package\n

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\nLearners examine the concept of reducing solid waste and how it relates to product packaging. They read about and evaluate the packaging decisions of two major U.S. corporations, develop a t-chart comparing the pros and cons of various...\n
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\nSolid Waste in Canada\n

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\nYoung scholars develop an understanding of waste and its effects.  In this managing waste lesson students participate in one of a few activities including creating a poster, summarizing an article or writing a research paper. \n
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\nIntegrated Solid Waste Management\n

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\nYoung scholars examine the EPA's approach to integrated solid waste management. They read about source reduction, recycling, composting, waste-to-energy incineration, and land filling, and create symbols for each of the aspects of solid...\n
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\nSolid Waste and Recycling\n

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\nIn this unit of lessons, pupils examine solid waste and recycling. They discover how litter is a major part of human waste. They also collect newspaper for recycling.\n
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\nSolid Waste Recycling\n

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\nLearners seek scientific and technological solutions to envrionmental problems. They record class activities in a journal. They identify relationships among living things and their environments.\n
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\nHow Do Our Attitudes Affect Waste?\n

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\nLearners conduct a survey of society's typical purchasing practices to determine the influence of packaging on consumer choices and to determine if consumers consider waste disposal and recycling when making purchasing decisions.\n
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\nLet's Talk Trash\n

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\nStudents identify class and types of materials in our environment.  In this investigative lesson students work in groups to process information about what actions should be taken concerning solid waste.\n
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\nFlush It! Throw It! Out of Sight, Out of Mind!\n

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\nYoung scholars describe disposal procedures by reviewing water and solid waste disposal cycles and what happens when one step is omitted. They examine the connection between industry and human health.\n
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\nHabits: Wasteful or Not\n

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\nFor this waste management worksheet, students respond to 11 short answer questions regarding the solid waste and ecological living.\n
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\nLet's Talk Trash\n

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\nIn this solid waste worksheet, students classify the different types of solid wastes found in landfills into given categories. Students predict and tally the total number of each type of item found in the landfill using slips of paper....\n
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\nRecycling: lesson 4\n

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\nStudents create plans in order to reduce solid waste. In this recycling lesson plan, students discuss and come up with plans to reduce consumption, reusing products, recycling materials, and composting and then present their plans to the...\n
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\nSolid Waste and Recycling\n

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\nStudents demonstrate effects of waste on environment and ways of reducing it, observe how much packaging goes into bag lunches each day, and survey their families to assess awareness levels and household recycling practices. Lessons all...\n
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\nIntegrated Unit on Nevada Solid Waste Disposal\n

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\nSixth graders examine how to gather and interpret data, accept responsibility for the environment, and demonstrate an interest in making a difference in this series of lessons.\n
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\nSolid Waste/Recycling\n

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\nStudents see that when we throw away garbage, it usually ends up in a landfill. Landfill space is getting increasingly scarce, and every time we throw something away we throw with it the energy, the money, and the raw materials it took...\n
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