Garbage is fascinating! Whether you call it trash, waste, debris, refuse, or even yuck, it is a fact of life that affects us all. Through activities and research, this 300-page book will help you build middle schoolers' science process skills while promoting awareness of complex environmental issues. Together, you will examine subjects such as recycling, waste-related illness, source reduction, and more. Each of the eight motivating lessons and 20 hands-on investigations in this book includes cross-curricular extensions, safety tips, and resources for further study. Every lesson includes references to the National Science Education Standards. Appropriate for grades 5 -- 8.
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The same old garbage? Far from it! Did you know... ??? Waste management is the third biggest expense of local government (after police/fire and schools)! The average American generates 4-5 pounds of garbage a day! Your garbage tells the truth about you! Archeologists often study ancient garbage for clues to past civilizations! Most people don't know what's in their garbage! More than half of America's refuse is paper and debris from construction and demolition! Landfills produce methane, the same gas used for cooking and heating many homes! Garbage is fascinating! Whether you call it trash, waste, debris, refuse, or even yuck, it's a fact of life that affects the environment and health. These thought-provoking activities and readings build middle schoolers' science process skills while promoting awareness of complex environmental issues, including recycling, waste-related illness, source reduction, and more. Each motivating lesson includes cross-curricular extensions, safety tips, and suggested resources for further study.
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Terrific Science Press is the publishing arm of Miami University (Ohio) Center for Chemistry Education. CCE brings chemistry and companion sciences to life for teachers, parents, and students at all levels, encouraging them to work together to solve scientific challenges, think critically, and use their powers of observation.
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Understanding Garbage and Our Environment provides eight multi-activity lessons that enable middle-level students to explore important solid-waste management issues. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
data recording, disposal methods, student instructions, opening strategy, source reduction, shrinking crafts, reusing materials, teacher notes, compost columns, starch loosefill, call your local environmental agency, compacted soil base, paperboard milk containers, leachate management system, life cycle inventory data, special disposal procedures, household hazardous waste, experimental columns, solid waste issues, foam polystyrene, trash items, aseptic packages, waste characterization, landfill volume, droplets ejected Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Analysis Questions, Getting Ready, Resource Recovery, Trash Trouble, Name That Disease, Student Information, Life Cycle Assessment, Local Edition Vol, Group Size, Design Your Own Landfill, The Garbage Gazette, Time Required, United States, Risky Business, Health Concerns, The Bottom Line, What's Waste, Mother Nature, Little Landfill, Love Canal, Materials For the Procedure Per, Franklin Associates, Home Pollution Prevention Plan, Community Resources Cup, Bond Chemical Corporation Browse Sample Pages:
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Understanding Garbage and Our Environment provides eight multi-activity lessons that enable middle-level students to explore important solid-waste management issues. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
data recording, disposal methods, student instructions, opening strategy, source reduction, shrinking crafts, reusing materials, teacher notes, compost columns, starch loosefill, call your local environmental agency, compacted soil base, paperboard milk containers, leachate management system, life cycle inventory data, special disposal procedures, household hazardous waste, experimental columns, solid waste issues, foam polystyrene, trash items, aseptic packages, waste characterization, landfill volume, droplets ejected Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Analysis Questions, Getting Ready, Resource Recovery, Trash Trouble, Name That Disease, Student Information, Life Cycle Assessment, Local Edition Vol, Group Size, Design Your Own Landfill, The Garbage Gazette, Time Required, United States, Risky Business, Health Concerns, The Bottom Line, What's Waste, Mother Nature, Little Landfill, Love Canal, Materials For the Procedure Per, Franklin Associates, Home Pollution Prevention Plan, Community Resources Cup, Bond Chemical Corporation Browse Sample Pages:
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