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Talking Trash

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Define vocabulary related to global waste. Creative thinkers review and illustrate terms for the Global Garbage Picture Dictionary. They play a vocabulary game in which co-operative skills among players in encouraged. A great way to understand a dictionary is to compose one.

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philanthropy, garbage, community service

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garbage, philanthropy, service project, vocabulary game, waste removal, science
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Grade
6th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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1 hr
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