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Teach Engineering: Trash Talkin' ActivityTeach Engineering: Trash Talkin' Activity
Publisher
TeachEngineering
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Activities & Projects
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For Administrator Use
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Lexile Measures
1130L
Activity

Teach Engineering: Trash Talkin'

Curated by ACT

In this activity, students collect, categorize, weigh and analyze classroom solid waste. The class collects waste for a week and then student groups spend a day sorting and analyzing the garbage with respect to recyclable and non recyclable items. Students will discuss ways that engineers have helped to reduce solid waste.

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Concepts

ecology, engineering, garbage, stem, waste management

Additional Tags

biology lesson plan, reducing solid waste, trash, earth science lesson plans, geology lesson plans, integrated teaching and learning program and laboratory, teachengineering, recyclable

Classroom Considerations

  • Knovation Readability Score: 3 (1 low difficulty, 5 high difficulty)

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