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Idaho State University: Waste Management Unit PlanIdaho State University: Waste Management Unit Plan
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Idaho State University
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Grade
9th - 10th
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Science
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Unit Plans
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Independent Practice
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1200L
Unit Plan

Idaho State University: Waste Management

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Landfills are growing at exponential rates, air and water are filled with pollution, and many are trying to find ways to manage waste better to protect the land we live off. Take a look at this resource which explains and illustrates waste management.

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Concepts

pollution, waste management

Additional Tags

waste, landfill

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 5 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)
  • The intended use for this resource is Instructional|practice
  • This resource is only available on an unencrypted HTTP website.It should be fine for general use, but don’t use it to share any personally identifiable information

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