Talking Trash

 

This objective of this module is to have students use the engineering design process to start talking trash in order to reduce or reuse waste in their school. Download our talk trash curriculum below.

Listofmodule2lessons

Lesson 1 What is waste?

Resources:

Pre/Post Test-Let’s Talk Trash

Talking Trash

Lesson 2:Where does our Waste go

Resources:

North Pacific Gyre Video

Water Bottle Pollution

Why We Recycle

Lesson 3: Weigh our Waste

Resources:

Student Waste Data Collection Worksheet #1

How to Reduce your Schools Eco-Footprint

Recycling Website for Kids

Lesson 4: Compost101

Resources:

Do the Rot Thing_

How to Compost in a Bottle

School Composite Programs: Pathway to Success

Wiggly Worm Activity

Lesson 5: WatchOurGardenGrow

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Lesson 6: Waste Data/ Analyze Waste

Resources:

Let’s Talk Trash Worksheet 2

Graphing Data Website