TITLE: Waste Management
7, 8	2-3 weeks
Students will complete audits of home, school, community and report on how these can affect our lifestyles.

Language, Mathematics, Science and Technology

**** Blue Box, collection, depot, diagram, facility, flow charts, graphics, manufacturers, raw materials, recycled, separation, litter, community, advertising, packaging, reduce, waste management, statistics ****

1. Waste Audits, see Destination Conservation Program Manual which is available in all Simcoe County Board of Education schools from the Green Team. Refer to Unit 3 on Audits.
2. A Compost Column
3. Art from Waste. Have students create a piece of art using waste materials.
4. Waste Disposal Analysis - Sample: city of Barrie 1994
5. Recycle Research
6. Candid Camera
7. Why Buy Me?
8. Weighing In

• Simcoe County Board of Education, Waste Reduction and Recycling - Plant Department
  
  
• Environment Network: Explorations GREEN
  275 First Street, Unit 6
  Collingwood, Ontario
  L9Y 1C1
  (705)446-0551 Telephone
  (705)446-0561 Fax
  
  
• Waste Management Boards
  Barrie: (705)726-4242
  Collingwood: (705)445-1030
  Orillia: (705)325-1311
  Ontario Waste Management Corporation
  
  
• Tescor Manual - each school has resource
  
  
• A Beaver's Tale
  Bluewater Recycling Association
  P.O. Box 1330
  Grand Bend, Ontario
  N0M 1T0
  (519)238-8661
  
  
• Simcoe County Board of Education Videos
  • VL1590 - Wonderstruck Special Recycling - Jr. Int.
  • VL0949 - Waste Management: Time for Action - Int.Sr.
  • VL0915 - Garbage Explosion - Int. Sr.
  • VL0712 - Garbage: the Movie - Int.Sr.
  • VL1102 - Reducing, Reusing, Recycling - Jr. Int.
  • VL1395 - Perspectives in Science: Toxic Waste - Int.
  
  
• Project Wild - 1-800-563-WILD
  
  
• Canadian Wildlife Federation - Get On-line with Nature's Network
  
  
• Green Teacher
  95 Robert Street
  Toronto, Ontario
  M5S 2K5
  
  
• Energy, our Special Treasure
  Ontario Hydro
  1-800-263-9000
  
  
• Focus on Science Books 7/8

Internet

WWW resources may be used for a variety of purposes:

1. teacher background information;
2. downloading text, images, sounds and animations for creating student materials;
3. printed as "hard copy" student resources;
4. older students can be taught to find/block/copy/paste text and download images/sounds/animations for research/presentation purposes;
5. students may test hypotheses and discover concepts in an interactive environment;
6. younger students will need to work with an older student, parent helper, teacher-librarian or resource teacher;
7. all students should be instructed in safe and responsible use of the Internet.

• Energy Quest, http://www.energy.ca.gov/education/ (student resource)
• E Patrol, http://www.sprint.com/epatrol/ (student resource)
• Explorers' Club, http://www.epa.gov/kids/index.htm (student resource)
• From The Mountains To The Sea...A Journey in Environmental Citizenship, http://atlenv.bed.ns.doe.ca/udo/sea.html (student/teacher resource)
• The Green Lane, Environment Canada, http://www.doe.ca/envhome.html (teacher resource)
• Destination Conservation, http://www.ccinet.ab.ca/dc/home.html (teacher resource)
• A World in Motion, http://www.schoolnet.ca/math_sci/phys/worldinmotion/index.html, (teacher resource)
• GSN's Internet Project Registry, http://www.gsn.org/pr/index.html (teacher resource)

• Oral presentations
• Written reports
• Production of a piece of art
• Development of a portfolio

Level 1

• Requires assistance to manage time constructively and organize materials.
• Works in a group and independently when monitored.
• Demonstrations include some of the required information.
• Able to complete, with assistance, a basic audit of home and school (audits of waste, energy, water).

Level 2

• Requires occasional assistance to complete activities, including the organization and putting away of materials.
• Is developing the ability to work in a group and independently.
• Demonstrations reflect content and include some of the required information.
• Able to complete basic audits of home, school and community (audits of waste, energy, water).

Level 3

• Uses time constructively to complete activities including the organization and putting away of materials.
• Works co-operatively in a group and independently as required.
• Demonstrations reflect content in a clear manner and include all required information.
• Able to complete several audits of home, school and community (audits of waste, energy, water).

Level 4

• Manages time constructively to complete activities including the organization and putting away of materials.
• Works co-operatively in dividing tasks among group, assumes leadership role and also works independently as required.
• Demonstrations reflect content using detailed information and extends to applications of everyday living.
• Able to complete several detailed audits of home, school, community and report on how these can affect our lifestyles (audits of waste, energy, water).

• Group conferencing with teacher.
• Individual conferencing with teacher.
• Student presentations to large group (as an individual or in small groups).
• Written summaries of activities and results of experiments/audits.
• Portfolio of unit.
• Posters, dramas, video production.

Lois Beiers, Greg Brucker, Paul Hannan, Tescor

This lessonware was prepared for ©ScbePack by Destination Conservation and The Simcoe County District School Board. For further information on the 200 outcomes based curriculum units available in ScbePack lessonware contact:

Bonnie Carter
bcarter@edctr.scbe.on.ca, 1-705-734-6363 ext. 270