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Designing a Flotation Strategy for the Purification of Recycling Lesson PlanDesigning a Flotation Strategy for the Purification of Recycling Lesson Plan
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Designing a Flotation Strategy for the Purification of Recycling

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Twelfth graders work in teams to design a method of recycled plastics purification by flotation. They base their design on the concept that different kinds of plastics have different densities and keep overall costs and purification time in mind.

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recycling, plastic

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flotation, plastics, recycling, science
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Grade
12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
3 days
Instructional Strategy
Inquiry-Based Learning
Year
2004
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