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Environmental and Economic Hands-on Activities
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Contact Kathleen at 216-443-3731
Resource Extraction
Students will demonstrate how resources are extracted from the earth and
determine whether their company can be successful. Students will infer the
effects to the land and how to reduce the harmful effects.
Duration: 60-90 minutes
Paper Manufacturing
Students will model a paper manufacturing business to determine what is need
to make paper and analyze the costs and benefits of using recycled materials
verse primary natural resource.
Duration: 90-120 minutes
Landfill Modeling
Students will learn about best available technologies for landfills and conduct
an experiment to determine the effectiveness of different landfill lining
materials to contain leachate.
Duration: 60-90 minutes
Learning Outcomes |
Grade 4 |
Math |
Science |
3, 4, 5, 8, 24 |
1, 4, 6, 7, 14 |
Grade 6 |
Math |
Science |
3 |
3, 4, 17 |
Environmental Education Programs
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