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Packaging: What a Waste!

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Students examine the environmental and economic impacts of excess packaging. They investigate the price and relative amount of processing and packaging of different food products in a local grocery store, analyze graphs, and complete a worksheet.

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consumer finance

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consumer science, environmental consumerism, food packaging, packaging, science
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Grade
8th - 12th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Lesson Plans
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For Teacher Use
Duration
1 hr
Instructional Strategy
Research

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