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Performance Task:
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Students will investigate solid waste management
and its impact on their community/region and make recommendations for the future.
Working in small groups, students will select an area of solid waste
management, e.g., sanitary landfills, recycling practices, mass burn plants, reuse of products, reduction of
waste.
Each group will research positive and negative aspects of the topic and its impact on the region. A
written report and class presentation will be required. Each group must also develop a model of its recommendations
for the future in the form of drawings, a physical model, or a detailed implementation plan, for example.
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Knowledge / Skills:
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Plan and apply real or hypothetical models and
constructions to facilitate investigation and learning and the solution to
practical problems. (s115)
Understand how humans, through technology, cause
environmental change by disrupting the equilibrium or balance of nature by
introducing pollutants into the environment. (s6)
Gather information from a variety of sources,
including electronic sources, and summarize, analyze, and evaluate its use
for a report. (ela3)
Understand and use graphs, charts, and visuals
to enhance informational writing.
(ela29)Understand the nature and purpose of a variety of technical
formats such as business letters, memos, instructions, policy statements,
technical proposals, user manual
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