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What Does Waste Do to a River? Lesson PlanWhat Does Waste Do to a River? Lesson Plan
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What Does Waste Do to a River?

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Learners develop a graphic way of visualizing the concept of a million by utilizing what had happened to the Nashua River due to the dumping of raw sewage in 1962.

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waste management

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nashua river, waste, math
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Grade
3rd - 5th
Subjects
Math
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2 days
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