RECYCLING RESOURCES
Other links that might help you find out more about recycling:
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TAPPI
Paper University
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Quest
of The Ring Leaders
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PBA
Main Menu
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Kid's
Stuff!
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HOW
IS PLASTIC RECYCLED
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Recycling
Coloring Book for Kid
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Exhibits
Collection -- Garbage
EVALUATION
Once you have finished this assignment the following rubric will tell
you how well you performed:
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Talkin Trash! Rubric
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Possible
Points
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Student Evaluation
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Teacher Evaluation
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Talkin Trash! Worksheet was completed fully with all 4 facts and all
4 sources legibly and gramatically
noted. |
50 points
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| PSA was written using correct facts and figures, with source noted/URL
listed and with correct spelling and grammar. |
25 points
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| Web Quest was performed. |
25 points
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| Total Possible Points |
100 points
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Rate each category according to the following scale: 9-10 = excellent,
7-8 = very good, 5-6 = good, 3-4 =
satisfactory, 1-2 = poor, and 0 = unsatisfactory.
CROSSS-CURRICULAR EXTENSION ACTIVITES
English/Reading
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Write an article or press release to the local newspaper,
informing them about school wide recycling efforts, the trash audit, the
slide shows, P.S.A.'sincluding digital photographs.
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Write and illustrate a short story where you imagine you
manage your own supermarket. - What are some things you can do to reduce
the amount of waste caused by the products you sell?
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Write and illustrate a short story where you imagine you
were hired to design packaging for a new product that featured an Earth
Friendly container.
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Write a sales pitch for this new product.
Social Studies
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Invite a recycling expert from a local city or county
environmental agency.
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Write a pamphlet informing students/parents how they can
start implementing the "3 R's" in their house, yard and community.
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Field Trip: Visit a local landfill, recycling center,
or water treatment facility learn what is being done in your community
and how you can help.
Math
Using the data gathered during the "Talkin' Trash Waste
Audit;" students can create a graph or spreadsheet.
Directions for The Crunchers ™Student Graphing Activity:
1.Data table must have columns labeled.
2.You must have an area that describes total mass of trash in your data
table.
3.The graph you pick must be an appropriate graph.
4.All numbers in the data table must have the same amount of digits after
the
decimal point.
5.Create an additional column in your data table to list the percent of
that
type of trash in your sample.
6.Then, choose an appropriate graph to display the data.
Art
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Design cars or other vehicles from recyclable materials.
Polystyrene leftover boxes, paraffin covered milk cartons or soda cans.
Have a race with the end results.
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Design and create sculptures with recyclable materials
to promote the concepts of reduce, reuse and recycle. Display them in the
lobby of your school or in the Media Center.
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Illustrate a story (see above) that you have written about
recycling or the "3 R's"
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Go to The
Realm of Recycling Crafts and choose a craft.
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Take a digital picture of what you did and email
it to me! If I get enough pictures i will link a student ART GALLERY page
to this site!
This site was created by Gwyneth
Anne Jones, Media Specialist with the cooperation of Mrs. Shelley Heinz,
Science Team Leader and Ms. Dianne P. Wells, GT Resource Teacher for the
assignment entitled:
Talkin'
Trash!
More (Cool!) Science
Links!
Local Maryland Ecosystem Research Sites
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Wildlife
and Plants
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The
Bay & its Ecoysystem
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The
Barn Owl (Tyto albq)
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Saving
the Blue Crab
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Recycling
Craft Projects Cheap
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Other
Resources
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Nonpoint
Source Program
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National
Education Programs
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MetaCrawler
Query Ulali
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Maryland
Streams information ce
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Maryland
Native Plant Society
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Maryland
DNR Fish Fun Facts
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Links
to Wildlife Sites
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From
the Field, Mid-Atlantic
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Cool
School Sites (Resources fo
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Chesapeake
Bay information cent
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Celebrating
Earth Day with Art
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Arbor
Day Online! Free Trees, R
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Home
Page: Maryland DNR
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Threatened
and Endangered Species in the Northeastern States
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The
Chesapeake Bay Trust
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Region
5 Listed Species by State, Endangered Species; U.S. Fish & Wildlife
Service
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Chesapeake
Bay Sites
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CHESAPEAKE
BAY MD AND VA (in MARION)
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Chesapeake
Bay Maritime Museum
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Baltimore
Ecosystem Study Home
Satellite and Weather Sites
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Acid
Rain
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SeaWiFS
- JASON - Ocean Planet
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BATS
Satellite Oceanography Project
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NESDIS
Home Page
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Satellites
- Science & Nature for Kids - 06/07/97
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WeatherNet:
Radar & Satellite Menu
Habitats
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Peterson
Online
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Widlife
Habitats, by H. Kibbe Turner, APLD
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Manning
Sci - Habitats
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IGC:
Habitats & Species: Internet-Resources Collection
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Habitats
for Critters & People & Plants
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Habitat
Conservation Division
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Arbor
Day Online! Free Trees, Reforestation, Schools, National & State Programs
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The
Backyard Jungle
Waterways
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Save
America's Streams
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Welcome
To The Save Our Streams Website!
Science Experiments
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You
Can with Beakman and Jax
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Welcome
to Thinking Fountain!
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Welcome
to SandlotScience.com
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Th
History of Inventions
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Science
Explorer Exploratorium
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Science
Experiments
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Reeko's
Mad Scientist Lab - Fre
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Real
Time Experiments!
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Minnetonka
Science Center - Ooe
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Kid's
Section
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IPL
Youth Division's Dr. Intern
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Home
Experiments
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Hands-On
Technology Program
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Cool
Science for Curious Kids
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Bill
Nye the Science Guy's Nye
General Science
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Yahooligans!
- Science and Oddities
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Photosynthesis
Center
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OSU
SoyNews: The Latest Soybean Research at Ohio State University
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Research
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Ontario
Soybean Growers' Marketing Board Home Page
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Ontario
Corn ProducersÕ Association Home Page
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C3/C4
sedge Eleocharis vivipara: cDNA cloning and expression analysis.
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Corn
Home Page
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Agronomy/Crop/Soil
Home Page
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Welcome
to Corn World!
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Environmental
Division
Science Fair
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ISD77:
CyberFair - Science Fair Ideas
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Middle
school science fairs and alternatives
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Teachers.Net
Lesson Exchange: Science Works (An Alternative Science Fair) (Middle, Science
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Wisconsin
WebFair 1999:Ê Welcome to Our Homepage!
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EXPERIMENTAL
SCIENCE PROJECTS: An Intermediate Level Guide
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ISD77:
CyberFair - Project Steps
Search Engines & Prof.
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go2net
| MetaCrawler | search
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Altavista
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Google
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Yahoo!
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Yahooligans!
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Welcome
to Lycos UK
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Welcome
to Lycos
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Welcome
To AutoLib.com - Reference Desk!
this site was created by Gwyneth
Jones using Netscape Navigator Composer on a PowerMacintosh G3, updated
3.22.00.
Murray Hill
Middle School
Recycling
Matters!