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Additional Search Results 1 - 10 of 117 for Landfills
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1. Testing Leachate
The Cornell Waste Management Institute http://cwmi.css.cornell.edu Testing Leachate Adapted from Waste Management Awareness Attitudes Activities, St. Lawrence County, NY Back to Trash Goes To School GRADE LEVELS: 9-12 SUBJECT AREAS: biology, chemistry, earth science CONCEPT: Landfills, compost piles, or any other concentration of waste produces leachate. OBJECTIVE: To realize what leachate is, where it comes from, and what its properties are. MATERIALS: - waste materials - 50 ml. graduated cylinder - water - separatory funnel - pH paper - hardness paper - turbidity tester - bunse...
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2. How Do Landfills Work?
How Do Landfills Work? Back to Trash Goes To School GRADE LEVELS: 7-8 SUBJECT AREAS: science CONCEPT: 90% of solid waste is currently disposed of in landfills. OBJECTIVE: Students will learn how a sanitary landfill is made and operates, and will understand some of the associated pollution problems. MATERIALS: one 5-...
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3. From There to Here
...them as trash? The purpose of this study is to follow the route of some of the products that we have in our homes and to explore what happens to them when they go out of our doors. OBJECTIVES: 1. To find out where some of the products in hour homes come from. 2. To become aware of our local trash, landfills and incinerators. 3. To chart and graph data. 4. To use maps for different purposes. TIME REQUIRED: 3 Days. MATERIALS: World Map Map of Oahu Colored pens Information from trash PROCEDURE: 1. Find several items of trash and find out where (country or state) they came from. Examples: packaging or wrap...
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4. Sanitary Liners Lab
Lesson Plan Mentor: Teacher: Herrington Penny Lindsey Subject: Science Lesson Title: Sanitary Liners Lab Objectives: The student will be able to determine the affects that sanitary liners have on landfills. TEKS No standards added. Materials: Lab journal, pencil, Motivation: beakers, A picture colored of a old water, dry landfill sand, will be clay, posted on plastic the bag, overhead. graduated cylinder, funnel Teaching Procedure Bellwork: Anticipatory Set: The Lesson: The students will be asked 1. w...
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5. To Diaper or Not To
...apers as a tool of observation and discussion can be enlightening and rewarding in leading a discussion of environmental issues. Objectives: Students will be able to: 1. List the materials used in disposable diapers. 2. List the functions of diapers. 3. Identify environmental problems of diapers in landfills. Procedure: 1. Obtain one clean, unused, disposable diaper. 2. Fill a paper cup or glass with 1/2 cup of water. 3. Construct a chart: diaper functions; list of diaper materials. 4. Dissect the disposable diaper. 5. Discuss the materials found in the diaper. Conclusion: 1. What is the environmental i...
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6. Technology Plan
...le information on the internet and print it off. Assessment Evaluate how the students are participation and exploring the internet Review the value of information they found on the internet. Materials/Technologies Computer Lab Paper Procedures Anticipatory Set: Watch on the computer a small clip on landfills What teacher is to do: Have the computers set to the specific web site before class Have remaining students pick up trash off of the bulletin board Talk to the students about what we are going to be doing in computer lab. Show the clip of the landfill on the computer What students are to do: Let the...
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7. Where Does Your Garbage Go?
...on Send to a Friend _ Where Does Your Garbage Go? _ Description: _ The objective of this lesson is to teach students about the importance of recycling. Initially, students have a chance to think about their impact on our planet by following the path that garbage takes. Students then learn about how landfills work, and what kind of garbage fills up our landfills, by creating their own. Ultimately, students share their knowledge by creating a recycling poster campaign for their school. This lesson takes four weeks to complete, spending one class period per week on it. _ Anticipatory Set: Offer students a...
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8. Waste-to-Energy
...in the cost of electricity will help pay off the cost of energy recovery plant construction. Given the enormous volumes of solid waste produced in urban areas, some solid waste managers have come to see energy recovery facilities as necessary components of solid waste management systems, along with landfills and recycling. Critics of energy recovery plants, however, raise objections. Some of these are the high cost of construction, the air pollution caused by refuse burning, and the ash which contains heavy metals and must be disposed of in landfills. Critics also point out that energy recovery plants r...
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9. Biodegdedation
Lesson Plan Teacher: Mentor: SuzAnne Matney Sisak Subject: Biology Lesson Title: Biodegdedation Objectives: The students will prepare miniature landfills filled with everyday items and hypothesize which will biodegrade and which will not and provide a reason. TEKS No standards added. Materials: Plastic container, Motivation: potting Have you soil, ever assortment wondered of what everyday happens to items items you (cheetos, use fries, everyday plast...
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10. Landfill Leachate
Landfill Leachate Adapted from materials by the Conservation & Environmental Studies Center, Burlington County, NJ Back to Trash Goes to School GRADE LEVELS: 9-12 SUBJECT AREAS: English composition science social studies earth science CONCEPT: All landfills produce some leachate. Whether the leachate contaminates groundwater depends on how the landfill is built, as well as on characteristics of the site. OBJECTIVE: To become aware that everything we do on and to the surface of the earth affects our water. MATERIALS: Local land use maps, soil maps, land...
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