DOCUMENT RESUME ED 415 116 SE 061 107 TITLE Solid Waste Management in North Carolina: A Curriculum Resource Guide for Teachers. INSTITUTION Watauga County Board of Education, Boone, NC. SPONS AGENCY North Carolina State Dept. of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources, Raleigh. Environmental Assistance. PUB DATE 1995-09-00 NOTE 438p. AVAILABLE FROM North Carolina Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources, Div. of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance, P.O. Box 29569, Raleigh, NC 27626-9569. PUB TYPE Guides Classroom Teacher (052) EDRS PRICE MF01/PC18 Plus Postage. DESCRIPTORS Art; Elementary Education; *Environmental Education; Interdisciplinary Approach; Mathematics Curriculum; Problem Solving; Recycling; *Science Activities; Science Curriculum; Science Education; *Solid Wastes; *Waste Disposal IDENTIFIERS North Carolina ABSTRACT Renewal is the focus of this curriculum designed for students in kindergarten through Grade 8. The purpose of this guide is to educate studentr; and teachers about the problems faced in managing the amount of solid waste generated by soviet . Each grade level curriculum is organized into activities that support exploratrei.i of '-he nature of solid waste, how to manage solid waste, and what can be done to solve thp..:oblem. Each activity in the integrated curriculum model reflects elements of the arts, communication skills, science, mathematics, and social studies curricula. Four major solid waste topics are employed in the activities at each grade level:(1) reduce, reuse, and recycle (the three r's);(2) packaging; (3) waste disposal; and (4) natural resources. A materials list, time frame, vocabulary, and procedures, are included for each activity. Appendices include: a list of solid waste management and recycling support agencies; a list of recycling periodicals; preferred and innovative packing practices; school recycling; Federal Trade Commission (FTC) Guidelines on Environmental Marketing; bulk mail reduction; a list of sources for funding and awards program; a list of curricula and education materials; games and activities; and graphs and data. Contains 68 references.(DDR) ******************************************************************************** Reproductions supplied by EDRS are the best that can be made from the original document. ******************************************************************************** Solid Waste Management in North Carolina FZ' eciuce Reuse F.ecycle PERMISSION TO REPRODUCE AND DISSEMINATE THIS MATERIAL HAS BEEN GRANTED BY TO THE EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) Curriculum Resource Guide for 0 Teachers U.S. DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Educational Research and Improvement DPPEA EDUCATIONAL RESOURCES INFORMATION CENTER (ERIC) This document has been reproduced as received from the person or organization originating it. Minor changes have been made to improve reproduction quality. Points of view or opinions stated in this document do not necessarily represent official OERI position or policy. 2 BEST COPY AVAILABLE Watauga County Schools Watauga County Schools P.O. Box 1790 Boone, NC 28607 Phone: (704) 264-7190 FAX: (704) 264-7196 For a copy of this manual, please contact: Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental EPPPEA Assistance, NC Department of Environment and Natural Resources, P.O. Box 29569, Raleigh, NC 27626-9569 (919) 715-6500 or 1-800-763-0136 fax (919) 715-6794 The North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance provides free, non- regulatory technical assistance and education on methods to eliminate, reduce, or recycle wastes before they become pollutants or require disposal. This manual is designed to be used as a reference and resource document. Please feel free to duplicate its contents, however, we ask that when duplicating material, you credit the North Carolina Solid Waste Management Curriculum Resource Guide, Watauga County Schools, September, 1995. This document is brought to you in part by the Office of Environmental Education, which also offers the Teacher's Guide to Environmental Education Programs and Resources. K-12 programs and resources of the North Carolina Zoo, Aquariums, Forests, Parks, Museum of Natural Sciences, Wildlife Resources Commission, and many others are catalogued for easy reference. The guide is organized into four main categories: Environmental Education Programs and Activities That Come To You, Environmental Education Field Trips and Site Visits, Educational Opportunities For Teachers, and Environmental Education Support Materials. For your free copy contact: Office of Environmental Education Anne Taylor, Director North Carolina Department of Environment and Natural Resources P.O. Box 27687 Raleigh, North Carolina 27611-7687 (919) 733-0711 or 1-800-482-8724 This manual was printed on recycled paper. 200 copies of this public document were printed at a cost of $1,578.00, or $7.89 per copy. 3 INTRODUCTION TABLE OF CONTENTS Acknowledgement "Consider Renewal" Introduction What Is Solid Waste? How Do We Manage Solid Waste? What Can We Do? How To Use This Curriculum KINDERGARTEN Worm Formation K.1 What's In A Bag K.2 Eggsactly What's The Best K.4 It's Natural K.5 Enough Is Enough K.6 Life In A Fish Bowl K8 Get It Together K.10 FIRST GRADE What's A Cycle 1.1 The Banana Peel Blues 1.4 What's Recyclable? 1.7 Renuzit - Part A 1.8 Renuzit - Part B 1.9 Trash To Treasure 1.11 Barter Day 1.12 Old Toys 1.17 Bag Lunch 1.18 The Turtle's Mishap: A Puppet Show 1.19 No Where Is Away 1.25 It's Hot In Here! 1.29 SECOND GRADE Crayon Trash Stash 2.1 A Rotten Idea 2.2 Trash To Treasure 2.6 Litter Garden 2.10 Go Fish 2.12 Machine 2.15 Angry Animals 2.17 Where Oh Where? 2.19 Litter Walk 2.24 THIRD GRADE A Paper less Trail 3.1 Everything Old Is New Again 3.2 What Goes Around... 3.4 Getting On The Bandwagon 3.10 Waste In Time 3.12 From Beginning to End and Then...? 3.14 What's It Made Of? 3.17 Packaging: Waste or Wonderful? 3.19 "Litter "ally a Mess 3.21 Pile It On 3.25 "Our Throwaway Spree" 3.27 FOURTH GRADE Digging Up The Facts 4.1 Wonderous Worms! 4.2 Nature's Cycle 4.4 It's A Wrap! 4.9 Simulated Landfills 4.12 Classroom Composting 4.16 To The Landfill! 4.17 Council Counsel 4.18 FIFTH GRADE My Own Trash 5.1 What Can We Do? 5.2 School Cafeteria Waste 5.3 All Day In A Bag 5.5 What Is Waste? 5.7 How Many Ways Can You Wrap An Apple? 5.9 A History of Trash 5.10 Where Does It Go From Here? 5.12 Up In Smoke: Burning Trash 5.13 Make A Landfill 5.15 Test Your Knowledge 5.16 Who Says? 5.20 SIXTH GRADE From The Cradle To The Grave 6.1 Now Hear This 6.2 Recycling Organic Matter Into Usable Compost 6.4 Eco-Label Project 6.7 Planned Obsolescence - What Can We Do About It? 6.10 Less Power Equals Less Waste 6.11 Are You An Impulse Buyer? 6.13 Don't Throw That Away! 6.15 The Case Of The Missing Trash Can 6.17 Disposal of Large Appliances 6.19 How Much Of Our Lunch Becomes Waste? 6.21 Get A New Landfill? 6.23 SEVENTH GRADE Sorting It All Out 7.1 Bikes and By-Products 7.3 Who Recycles In Your County or Community? 7.5 Biomonitors and Bioindicators 7.8 Can Anyone Fix This? 7.12 Picture This 7.13 Getting Involved 7.15 Small Things In Big Packages 7.18 Shoppers Beware! 7.20 Compost - The End and The Beginning 7.22 Getting The Scoop 7.24 Build Your Own Landfill 7.26 EIGHTH GRADE Building An Aerobic Compost 8.1 You Become The Expert 8.5 Making Paper 8.20 Taking A Closer Look At School Trash 8.24 Creating Something Out of Nothing 8.26 A Penny Saved 8.27 Reducing Waste In The Home Environment8.29 Where Does It All Come From? 8.35 Junk Mail Connection 8.39 What's In That Package? 8.42 What's Happening To It All? 8.44 Learn To Burn 8.51 Local Resources Appendix Bibliography Glossary S ACKNOWLEDGEMENT Solid Waste Management for North Carolina A Curriculum Resource Guide for Teachers Funding for this project was provided in part through a grant from the Divison ofPollution Prevention and Environment Assistance, Department of Environment, Health, and Natural Resources. Special assistance has been provided by Watauga County Schools and The County of Watauga Contributors 'Don Lucas Project Director Supervisor of Elementary Education Watauga County Schools *Lynn Coulthard Author First Grade Teacher Green Valley School *Matt Graves Author Graduate Student Appalachian State University *Laura Johnson Author Second Grade Teacher Cove Creek School *Susan Phipps Author Third Grade Teacher Green Valley School *Mary Jo Pritchard Author Middle Grade Teacher Parkway School *Stephen Sorrell Author Fifth Grade Teacher Bethel School *Rita Storie Author Middle Grade Teacher Hardin Park School Kathleen Harral Graphics and Layout Watauga County Schools Kim McConnell Graphics and Layout Watauga County Schools Mark Combs Editing Operation Services Director Solid Waste Management, Watauga County Beth Graves Editing Waste Management Analyst Division of Pollution Prevention and Environment Assistance *Watauga County Recycling Curriculum Committee CONSIDER RENEWAL Be still, listen and surely you may hear Mother Earth crying for what she must bear Polluted water running through every vein Parched, weary land showing the strain. Tree roots clutching at eroding soil Rivers gasping from industries spilled oil. Mother Earth, softly crying in sorrow Knowing there may not be a tomorrow. Visions of nations with people to feed Hungry children reaching out in need Mother Earth giving up in despair Too drained of strength to repair. Yet life-saving methods can be used To restore a land so thoughtlessly abused To begin the replenishment needed now With calloused hands and sweat-stained brow.