Garbage Lab

GARBAGE LAB

 

TABLE 1 - All of these packages were sent to our school.   Tell why each is or is not a good way to package materials.  Keep in mind recycling, reusing, and reducing.

 

Package #1-

 

 

 

 

Package #2-

 

 

 

 

Package #3-

 

 

 

 

Package #4-

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE 2 - What do all of the things at the table have in common?

 

 

 

Which ones are made of tree products?  

 

 

 

Which ones are made of oil products? (plastics)

 

 

 

  

TABLE 3 - What materials at this table can be recycled in our County?  Which can not?

RECYCLE -

 

 

 

LANDFILL -

 

 

TABLE 4 - Choose one item from this table.  With your team, think of as many ways as you can to reuse it.

ITEM - _____________________________    USES -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE 5 - What are four ways you could wrap a present so it would make less trash?  Use the examples at the table to help you .

 

1.

 

 

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3.

 

 

4.

 

 

 

 

TABLE 6 - Make your daily observations of the "Pollution in our Pond" experiment.

 

 

GARBAGE LAB

 

TABLE 1 - All of these packages were sent to our school.   Tell why each is or is not a good way to package materials.  Keep in mind recycling, reusing, and reducing.

 

Package #1-

 

 

 

 

Package #2-

 

 

 

 

Package #3-

 

 

 

 

Package #4-

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE 2 - What do all of the things at the table have in common?

 

 

 

Which ones are made of tree products?  

 

 

 

Which ones are made of oil products? (plastics)

 

 

 

  

TABLE 3 - What materials at this table can be recycled in our County?  Which can not?

RECYCLE -

 

 

 

LANDFILL -

 

 

TABLE 4 - Choose one item from this table.  With your team, think of as many ways as you can to reuse it.

ITEM - _____________________________    USES -

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

TABLE 5 - What are four ways you could wrap a present so it would make less trash?  Use the examples at the table to help you .

 

1.

 

 

2.

 

 

3.

 

 

4.

 

 

 

 

TABLE 6 - Make your daily observations of the "Pollution in our Pond" experiment.