https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek Grades 3-4 Science & Engineering Mini-Unit for the Week of 4/20-4/26. Use this padlet as your home base to get videos, articles, and activities for this week. BE SURE TO SCROLL DOWN EACH COLUMN and ACROSS THE PADLET FOR LINKS/INSTRUCTIONS. Then, post your work here as well! en-us 2020-04-15 22:33:33 UTC 2023-07-04 07:26:24 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f5d1.png aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/509530533 2020-04-15 22:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/509530533 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/509530534 2020-04-15 22:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/509530534 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/509530544 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.]]> 2020-04-15 22:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/509530544 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/509530545 See where trash goes after a sanitation worker collects it from our houses. ]]> 2020-04-15 22:33:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/509530545 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/509617661 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. ]]> 2020-04-16 00:13:11 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/509617661 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511781445 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]]> 2020-04-16 23:11:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511781445 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511933045 This 2 min PBS video shows another version of this week's trash audit project. ]]> 2020-04-17 01:49:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511933045 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511933253 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. ]]> 2020-04-17 01:49:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511933253 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511933354 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. ]]> 2020-04-17 01:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511933354 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511933525 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? ]]> 2020-04-17 01:49:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511933525 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511933641 *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!]]> 2020-04-17 01:49:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511933641 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511952646 Watch this 8 min video to see a "Trash Audit" in action. ]]> 2020-04-17 02:10:07 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511952646 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511960880 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. ]]> 2020-04-17 02:18:51 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511960880 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511985634 Use this to review these types of data representations. 
username: mtsschool
password: mts123]]> 2020-04-17 02:45:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511985634 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511986193 username: mtsschool
password: mts123]]> 2020-04-17 02:46:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511986193 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511986469 username: mtsschool
password: mts123]]> 2020-04-17 02:46:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/511986469 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/513506224 2020-04-17 18:29:41 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/513506224 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/513673580 Click Grade 4 login for code
Click Grade 3 login for code]]> 2020-04-17 20:23:22 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/513673580 suzannnebeard https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/514719965 2020-04-18 20:50:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/514719965 suzannnebeard https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/514729698 2020-04-18 21:06:17 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/514729698 aradeva1 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/514812660 2020-04-19 00:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/514812660 suzannnebeard https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/516133058 Fly Guy Presents: Garbage & Recycling]]> 2020-04-20 00:00:02 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/516133058 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/518816737 2020-04-20 22:54:00 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/518816737 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/521226510 hooray for EARTH DAY YAY ]]> 2020-04-21 19:20:20 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/521226510 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/521279578 the film at the top shows how much  trash gets wrongly thrown in the recycle.]]> 2020-04-21 19:46:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/521279578 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/521340833 -Isla]]> 2020-04-21 20:18:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/521340833 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/521495927 Metal-1
Glass-5
Paper-3
Cardboard-15
Soft plastic-0
Hard plastic-6
Other-0]]> 2020-04-21 21:58:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/521495927 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/521498655 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 ]]> 2020-04-21 22:01:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/521498655 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/521498859 Look at this graph]]> 2020-04-21 22:01:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/521498859 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/521534635 🍆=glass
🍎=card board
🍏=metal
🍊=paper
🍋=hard plastic]]> 2020-04-21 22:33:25 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/521534635 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/523671749 We decided to work together because it is both of our recycling
This is before the recycling was sorted the one below is after

]]> 2020-04-22 17:12:33 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/523671749 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/523681672 This is after the recycling was sorted and the one below this is the groups of recycling and how much was in each group]]> 2020-04-22 17:16:18 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/523681672 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/523692695 Metal:2
Glass:4
Paper:26
Cardboard:7
Soft plastic: 7
Hard plastic: 8
Other: 4. (onion pieces)

]]> 2020-04-22 17:20:06 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/523692695 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/523711833 Key:
 Dark Purple: hard plastic
Yellow: paper
Light purple: cardboard
Dark green: soft plastic
Red: metal
Light blue: glass
Dark blue: other


]]> 2020-04-22 17:27:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/523711833 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/523923345 2020-04-22 18:49:36 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/523923345 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/523931303 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.]]> 2020-04-22 18:53:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/523931303 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524014805  I looked at trash in three places at my house ]]> 2020-04-22 19:27:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524014805 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524022195 2020-04-22 19:30:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524022195 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524023817 2020-04-22 19:31:21 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524023817 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524030034 2020-04-22 19:34:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524030034 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524090973 2020-04-22 20:03:05 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524090973 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524106800 I missed out the majority of the cardboard and paper. This is version 2 PS hopefully we won't need a version 3]]> 2020-04-22 20:11:19 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524106800 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524128235 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]]> 2020-04-22 20:22:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524128235 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524137451 2020-04-22 20:27:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524137451 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524270972 2020-04-22 21:52:18 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524270972 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524272213 2020-04-22 21:53:16 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524272213 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524308017 2020-04-22 22:23:10 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524308017 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524308818 I learned a lot ]]> 2020-04-22 22:23:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524308818 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524401949 2020-04-22 23:52:27 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524401949 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524406708 2020-04-22 23:56:44 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524406708 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524451191 2020-04-23 00:36:26 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524451191 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524452085 2020-04-23 00:37:07 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524452085 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524454323 2020-04-23 00:39:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/524454323 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526038843 Trash Audit]]> 2020-04-23 15:04:42 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526038843 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526042597 pink=metal
orange=glass
purple=hard plastic
red=other
blue=paper
green=soft plastic
yellow=cardboard


10%=10 pieces 
1%=1piece]]> 2020-04-23 15:05:54 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526042597 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526504288 ❤️. reusables
🧡. glass
💚. metal
💙. cardbord
💜. plastic]]> 2020-04-23 17:46:18 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526504288 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526674818 Metal: 1
Glass: 1
Paper: 17
Cardboard: 3
Soft Plastic: 20
Hard Plastic: 8
Other: 1

]]> 2020-04-23 18:54:55 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526674818 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526730906 2020-04-23 19:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526730906 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526730923 2020-04-23 19:20:53 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526730923 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526733078 2020-04-23 19:21:58 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526733078 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526739398 A Pie Chart and a Bar Graph ]]> 2020-04-23 19:24:59 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526739398 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526766045 Jahan]]> 2020-04-23 19:37:57 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526766045 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526788842 2020-04-23 19:49:35 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526788842 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526814749 Derby's data.]]> 2020-04-23 20:03:03 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526814749 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526826407 2020-04-23 20:09:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526826407 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526832431 2020-04-23 20:12:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526832431 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526837175 Brown: paper
Green: compost
Red: hard plastic
Purple: soft plastic

]]> 2020-04-23 20:15:18 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526837175 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526847260 2020-04-23 20:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526847260 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526847448 2020-04-23 20:21:07 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526847448 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526874647 2020-04-23 20:36:45 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526874647 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526875451 2020-04-23 20:37:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526875451 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526876924 2020-04-23 20:38:07 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526876924 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526893595 2020-04-23 20:47:45 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526893595 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526900341 We had the most soft plastic!]]> 2020-04-23 20:51:59 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/526900341 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/527297713 2020-04-24 02:33:28 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/527297713 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/527298330 2020-04-24 02:34:01 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/527298330 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/527300680 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.]]> 2020-04-24 02:36:05 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/527300680 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/527318445 2020-04-24 02:53:07 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/527318445 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/528878383 learned a lot ]]> 2020-04-24 16:53:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/528878383 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/528914538 2020-04-24 17:09:18 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/528914538 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/528964574 Recycling poster in my kitchen 🎉🎉]]> 2020-04-24 17:32:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/528964574 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/528983271 2020-04-24 17:40:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/528983271 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/528988386 2020-04-24 17:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/528988386 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/529008035 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]]> 2020-04-24 17:52:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/529008035 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/529009261 Timmy 

]]> 2020-04-24 17:52:49 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/529009261 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/529213504 Timmy 

]]> 2020-04-24 19:44:08 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/529213504 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/530502606 2020-04-25 22:58:16 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/530502606 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/530543247 2020-04-26 00:41:04 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/530543247 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/530564227 2020-04-26 01:46:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/530564227 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/531642459 2020-04-26 18:38:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/531642459 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/531646263 2020-04-26 18:40:47 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/531646263 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/531804013 2020-04-26 20:25:34 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/531804013 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/531814260 2020-04-26 20:32:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/531814260 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/531879781 2020-04-26 21:23:30 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/531879781 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/531978821 Margo’s Trash Audit]]> 2020-04-26 22:59:59 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/531978821 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/531999972 Because of the corona virus we are ordering a lot more packages , and that is why we have so much cardboard]]> 2020-04-26 23:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/531999972 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/532011045 2020-04-26 23:36:23 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/532011045 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/532019255 2020-04-26 23:45:32 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/532019255 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/532042282 2020-04-27 00:09:43 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/532042282 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/532044415 2020-04-27 00:11:45 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/532044415 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/532199264 We had A LOT of trash this week because we did a big basement clean-out!

cardbord | 61
metal | 4
glass | 8
soft-plastic | 9
styrofoam | 2
hard-plastic | 8

Key questions:
What surprised me the most: 1. that I had so much trash (mostly cardboard), 2. how much trash the recycling company will pick-up (including an old TV), 3. how much more space we have in our basement.

Ways to reduce waste:
1. we can stop purchasing things that are packaged in cardboard;
2. we can re-use things like glass and re-purpose (for example use mason jars as water glasses)




]]> 2020-04-27 02:32:14 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/532199264 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/532235026 Look at all that cardboard!]]> 2020-04-27 03:06:15 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/532235026 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/534473747 2020-04-27 19:01:31 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/534473747 https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/534478975 2020-04-27 19:03:46 UTC https://padlet.com/aradeva1/earthweek/wish/534478975