Lesson Type:

• Discussion
• Other

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Sustainability Topic:

• Energy
• Waste Reduction

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GEF Program Category:

• Waste Reduction Challenge
• Green Energy Challenge

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Standards Addressed:
Technology Standard 3: Understand the relationship among science, technology, society and the individual.

• Benchmark # 1: Know that technologies often have costs as well as benefits (e.g., as new technologies are developed, man’s need for energy increases, resources are used and more pollution/waste is created) and this can have an enormous effect on people and other living things.
• Benchmark # 5: Understand that technology may affect the environment both negatively and positively (e.g., waste to energy facilities reduce the amount of waste and produce energy, but may also add air pollutants to the environment).

Science Standard 9: Understand the sources and properties of energy.

• Benchmark #1: Know that heat is often produced when one form of energy is converted to another form.

Mathematics Standard 3: Use basic and advanced procedures while performing the process of computation.

• Benchmark # 6: Determine the effects of addition, subtraction, multiplication and division on the size and order of numbers.
• Benchmark # 8: Solve real world problems involving number operations.

Mathematics Standard 6: Understand and apply the basic and advanced concepts of statistics and data analysis.

• Benchmark # 1: Understand that data represents specific pieces of information about real-world objects or activities.
• Benchmark # 4: Organize and display data in simple bar graphs, pie charts and line graphs.
• Benchmark # 5: Read and interpret simple bar graphs, pie charts and line graphs.
• Benchmark # 6: Understand that data comes in many different forms and that collecting, organizing and displaying data can be done in many ways.

Geography Standard 3: Understand the concept of regions.

• Benchmark # 2: Understand how regions change over time and the consequences of these changes (e.g., construction of facilities- WtE plants).

Language Arts Standard 8: Use listening and speaking strategies for different purposes.

• Benchmark # 3: Respond to questions and comments (e.g., gives reasons in support of opinions). Benchmark # 5: Use strategies to convey a clear main point when speaking (e.g., express ideas in a logical manner, use specific vocabulary to present information).

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Lesson Documents:
Waste to Energy.Lesson.pdf

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Lesson Documents:
Waste to Energy.Wte Chart.pdf

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Lesson Documents:
Waste to Energy.WtE Facility.pdf

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