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A-Way With Waste: a Waste Management Curriculum for Schools

Posted: September 11, 2019 by MAEE Administration

Category: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency

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A-Way With Waste: a Waste Management Curriculum for Schools
Post Date: September 11, 2019
Resource Type:
  • Curriculum
Description:

This comprehensive, multi-lesson, waste management curriculum is available free and was rated one of the best waste and recycling curricula in the country. This curriculum is written and organized to present integrated waste management concepts affecting land, air, and water in the ecosystem. Environmental, economic, and political issues are addressed. The activities are designed to promote awareness, attitudes, and actions to solve waste management problems at home, in school, and in the community. The activities, written for grades K-12, are interdisciplinary and action oriented. They provide opportunities for students to participate in cooperative problem-solving and decision-making tasks involving waste management, litter control, science, technology, and society.

Author: Washington State Department of Ecology
Topic:
  • Weather | Atmosphere
  • Recycling
  • Waste Management
Audience:
  • Formal Educator
  • Grades PreK-12
Length in pages or time: 400-500 pages
Fee?: 0
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Is Training required?:
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Order information or contact: A-Way With Waste, Washington Department of Ecology, 300 Desmond Dr, PO Box 47600, Olympia, WA 98504-7600, 360-407-6826
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