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learned a lot

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Jahan

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Answer these Key Questions about your Trash Audit

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Answer these Key Questions about your Trash Audit

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These questions are listed in our chart as well.
*What are 3 surprising things you learned through your trash audit?
*Brainstorm ideas to reduce the amount of waste in your home and take action. Record your plan and ideas here. See next box for some ideas.

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I am in Calistoga and here we have to sort and bring our trash to the dump and we haven’t done that in 3 weeks and we didn’t have that much trash so i am proud

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See where trash goes after a sanitation worker collects it from our houses.

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The Landfill | Jessica Edwards & Gary Hustwit

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The United States produces 390 billion pounds of garbage every year, and finding places to dispose of it is a serious environmental and economic challenge. But what if we could change the way we think about garbage, from something to be disposed of to something to be harvested? THE LANDFILL profiles a small county landfill in Upstate New York, which is using a system of composting, recycling, and methane capture technology to operate sustainably while producing electricity for 400 homes in their area. By focusing on the people and ideas behind this innovative waste-to-energy initiative, THE LANDFILL shows the beauty and potential of the stuff we throw away.
Join the conversation and tweet #TheLandfill to have your tweet featured on the GE FOCUS FORWARD website.  Go to http://www.focusforwardfilms.com/films/11/the-landfill to see the discussion.

Check out more films in the GE FOCUS FORWARD series at http://vimeo.com/focusforwardfilms.

Film First Co.

DIRECTED BY - Jessica Edwards, Gary Huswit
PRODUCED BY - David Scott
EDITED BY - Amir Husak
CINEMATOGRAPHY BY- Ben Wolf  
MUSIC BY - Do Make Say Think "A Tender History in Rust"   Courtesy of Constellation Records/Rough Trade Publishing

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Watch this 8 min video to see a "Trash Audit" in action.

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This DragonflyTV segment follows two boys as they investigate how reducing, reusing, and recycling helps the environment. They discover how much recyclable material is thrown out as trash every day. Also availabe in Spanish.

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Fly Guy Presents: Garbage & Recycling

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Fly Guy Presents: Garbage & Recycling.pdf

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Read this article carefully and consider which of these actions you can take - or are already taking - to change how trash moves through our world.

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Create a representation of your Trash Audit data

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Create a representation of your Trash Audit data

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Be creative in how you make your data come to life. You can create this digitally or using pen and paper. You might consider making a:
-pie chart
-bar graph
-an infographic
-recording a video showing your trash organized in specific ways
-"trash" art that depicts a specific meaningful number (such as percentage) from your data

Take a look at our slideshow for ideas and explore the Brainpop Jr. videos about different types of graphs below.

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Data Representation Ideas for Trash Audit

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Here are some ideas we came up with for "Next Steps"

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Here are some ideas we came up with for "Next Steps"

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*make a poster of what can and cannot be recycled and hang it up
in your kitchen
*decorate your recycling and other trash bins so that you are more likely to do it
*choose products with the least amount of packaging
*start a compost bin
*opt for reusable containers rather than plastic bags. Be creative!

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Happy Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020! 

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Happy Earth Day on Wednesday, April 22nd, 2020! 

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PBS LEARNING MEDIA | Earth Day | PBS KIDS

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Speaking Out for the Earth Scholastic Article 

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Speaking Out for the Earth Scholastic Article 

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Speaking Out for the Earth Scholastic Article

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Earth Day is April 22. It's a day when people around the world work to help the planet. But many people, including kids, care deeply about protecting the Earth and its inhabitants every day. TIME for Kids spoke with a few of them. Read here about five Kid Heroes for the Planet. Maybe they'll inspire you to take action, too!

Speaking Out

Jaysa Hunter-Mellers (above), 14, is from Bridgeport, Connecticut. In 2016, she spoke at Bridgeport City Hall to ask leaders to shut the last coal power plant in her state. It was two miles from Jaysa's house.

"I had an asthma attack when I was 6," Jaysa told TFK. So she and her mom researched how coal gas can cause and worsen health problems. "I didn't think that people would listen to me because I was a kid," Jaysa says. But the company that owns the coal plant later said it would close it.

"I learned to speak to my local government at a young age," Jaysa says. Now she wants to teach others to speak up too. -By Constance Gibbs

Helping Butterflies

AZUMI YUKI ART STUDIO LLC

When Aiden Wang was 6, he learned about monarch butterflies. His teacher explained that they're in trouble. Monarchs need milkweed plants to survive. But milkweed is disappearing because of weed killers called herbicides. So Aiden started growing it at his home in West Windsor Township, New Jersey. The insects lay eggs on milkweed. Aiden cares for the caterpillars. He lets them go when they turn into butterflies.

Aiden's now 13. He thinks others should grow milkweed, too. "It might really help," he says. -By Karena Phan

Doing Good for Gorillas

COURTESY SARAH BARRETT

Addy Barrett is from Germantown, Maryland. She has a favorite animal: the mountain gorilla. When Addy was in first grade, she read a book about mountain gorillas. She was surprised to learn that they're endangered because of poaching and habitat loss. She wanted to protect them. So she created a program called Gorilla Heroes.

Addy's now 12. So far, Gorilla Heroes has raised more than $11,000 to help mountain gorillas. Why does Addy care so much about the animals? She says it's because they are "so remarkably intelligent."

She adds, "The feeling of making a positive impact on the world is like no other. It feels so good to know that I am making a difference." -By Ellen Nam

Educating the Youth

COURTESY AFFECTED GENERATION

In fourth grade, Jeremy Clark (left) and Charlie Abrams saw an image of the Statue of Liberty up to her waist in water. It was meant to show what the statue would look like if all the ice in the world melted. "That's not what we wanted for our generation or for future generations," Jeremy told TFK.

The boys are now in high school in Portland, Oregon. In 2019, they started a group called Affected Generation. It urges young people to become climate activists. The two also want Portland schools to teach about climate change. "You can't take action on an issue if you don't know about it first," Charlie says.

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Earth Day is April 22. It's a day when people around the world work to help the planet. But many people, including kids, care deeply about protecting the Earth and its inhabitants every day. TIME for Kids spoke with a...

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Landfill -  A landfill is a very carefully designed and managed structure for final disposal of waste. The waste material is placed in giant underground where it is isolated from the environment (groundwater, rain, air and animals) with a bottom liner and a top covering of soil.

Recycling - Recycling is based on the idea that used items can still be useful -- or provide useful materials. Not every type of material can be recycled. During the recycling process, materials are usually broken down (usually be melting) into their basic raw material (plastic, glass, metal etc.) and then formed into new products. The prefix re- in recycling means again, in this case meaning that the material will be made into some new again.

Composting - Composting is a process that works to speed up the natural decay of organic material by providing the ideal conditions for microorganisms to thrive. The end-product of this concentrated decomposition process is nutrient-rich soil that can help crops, garden plants and trees to grow.

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This 2 min PBS video shows another version of this week's trash audit project.

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In this animated video from LOOP SCOOPS, a sphinx gives a boy named Oliver a week's worth of garbage and asks him to make it smaller. Oliver removes glass, cans, paper, and plastic for recycling; food scraps for composting; and clothes and toys for donating.

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1. Go through your recycling (and landfill trash if you want) and organize it by material

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1. Go through your recycling (and landfill trash if you want) and organize it by material

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Be safe and do this with an adult nearby. We recommend wearing gloves. This is a great way to gather materials for future projects as well, but be sure to rinse your items. We recommend doing this OUTSIDE on a tarp or pavement.

Some materials you might find are:
cardboard, plastic bottles, milk/juice jugs, fruit containers, egg cartons, pizza boxes, foil/wrappers

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2. Create a chart that shows what's in YOUR trash

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2. Create a chart that shows what's in YOUR trash

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We've attached an example chart here, but change it up for your family. You can print this one or sketch your own.
Recording data is an important way to learn. We recommend using tally marks to keep track of your data, or counting it up and then recording in the chart.

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3. Resort your trash into the proper bins

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3. Resort your trash into the proper bins

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Return non-recyclables to garbage
cans, sort recyclables into recycling bins, and compost food waste, if possible. Don’t forget to wash your hands!
Did you find any items that could have been recycled, composted, or simply reused instead of thrown away?

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Brainpop Jr. Video on Tally Charts & Bar Graphs

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Brainpop Jr. Video on Tally Charts & Bar Graphs

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Use this to review these types of data representations.
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Tally Charts and Bar Graphs - BrainPOP Jr.

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Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout Would Not Take the Garbage Out

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Read the assigned Newsela Articles (there are 2)

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Read the assigned Newsela Articles (there are 2)

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Click Grade 4 login for code
Click Grade 3 login for code

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Newsela is an Instructional Content Platform that supercharges reading engagement and learning in every subject.

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EDITOR'S NOTE: Not all of these tips are recommended during the coronavirus pandemic. Always follow your local government's regulations as well as CDC guidelines to keep your family-and others-safe and healthy during this time. After all, these tips will still be good once this is all over!

These days the news about the planet can be overwhelming for kids-and their parents. From the devastating fires in Australia to record-setting temperatures in Antarctica, it sometimes feels like personal actions can't make a difference.

It's true that sweeping collective action is needed to curb climate change, but small adjustments by people help too. Plus, by taking action to protect the planet, you can help your children feel empowered in the face of these global problems. Start with these tips to get the whole family involved in protecting the Earth.

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These days the news about the planet can be overwhelming for kids-and their parents. From the devastating fires in Australia to record-setting temperatures in Antarctica, it sometimes feels like personal actions can't make a difference. It's true that sweeping collective action is needed to curb climate change, but small adjustments by people help too.

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Design, Build and Test Your Own Landfill

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Design, Build and Test Your Own Landfill

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Design, Build and Test Your Own Landfill

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Laura: it is interesting that landfills are underground.

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Laura: it is interesting that landfills are underground.

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hooray for EARTH DAY YAY

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the film at the top shows how much  trash gets wrongly thrown in the recycle.

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-Isla

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Metal-1
Glass-5
Paper-3
Cardboard-15
Soft plastic-0
Hard plastic-6
Other-0

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🍆=glass
🍎=card board
🍏=metal
🍊=paper
🍋=hard plastic

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Look at this graph

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metal: 15
glass: 13
paper: 29
cardboard: 17
soft plastic: 2
hard plastic: 16
other: 0
here's a time lapse of me sorting the last bag of recycling

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We decided to work together because it is both of our recycling
This is before the recycling was sorted the one below is after

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This is after the recycling was sorted and the one below this is the groups of recycling and how much was in each group

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Metal:2
Glass:4
Paper:26
Cardboard:7
Soft plastic: 7
Hard plastic: 8
Other: 4. (onion pieces)

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Key:
Dark Purple: hard plastic
Yellow: paper
Light purple: cardboard
Dark green: soft plastic
Red: metal
Light blue: glass
Dark blue: other

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I looked at trash in three places at my house

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Henry's trash audit - questions and ideas

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Henry's trash audit - questions and ideas

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1. We drink fizzy water from cans - alot!
2. We are ordering things in cardboard boxes.
3. We are good at not using soft, or it goes into our landfill trash.

We could use our sodastream more often.

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I missed out the majority of the cardboard and paper. This is version 2 PS hopefully we won't need a version 3

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I learned a lot

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Trash Audit

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pink=metal
orange=glass
purple=hard plastic
red=other
blue=paper
green=soft plastic
yellow=cardboard

10%=10 pieces
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❤️. reusables
🧡. glass
💚. metal
💙. cardbord
💜. plastic

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Metal: 1
Glass: 1
Paper: 17
Cardboard: 3
Soft Plastic: 20
Hard Plastic: 8
Other: 1

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Brian’s Trash Audit Chart and Key Questions 

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Brian’s Trash Audit Chart and Key Questions 

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A Pie Chart and a Bar Graph

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Derby's data.

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Brown: paper
Green: compost
Red: hard plastic
Purple: soft plastic

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We had the most soft plastic!

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Question one
1 We had more cardboard than i expected.
2 We have nothing in the *other* category.
3 I'm surprised that we have so much metal.

Question two
Buy singular big recyclable bottles then having many small ones.
Use more towels instead of using many paper towels.

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Recycling poster in my kitchen 🎉🎉

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Metal-2
Glass-0
Paper-8
Cupboard-4
Soft Plastic-5
Hard plastic-13
Other-4

I was surprised to see that if I crush the trash or recycling containers they take up was less space and you can fit way more in the bag.

To reduce trash and recycling I think we should stack our containers together, crush our cardboard and paper products, by more bolk

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Timmy

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Timmy

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Laura: it’s amazing how kids can change the world for the better.

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Laura: it’s amazing how kids can change the world for the better.

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Laura: I learned: 1) we do not have much trash;2) most of our trash is recyclable; 3) I didn’t know we could recycle tin foil. We know not to buy Ziploc bags. The ones we have, we clean and re-use. Instead, we should use our glass containers more.

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Laura: I learned: 1) we do not have much trash;2) most of our trash is recyclable; 3) I didn’t know we could recycle tin foil. We know not to buy Ziploc bags. The ones we have, we clean and re-use. Instead, we should use our glass containers more.

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Margo’s Trash Audit

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Because of the corona virus we are ordering a lot more packages , and that is why we have so much cardboard