Science

Lesson Purpose

Students will gather information from Internet articles, their own lives, and their classroom; analyze their findings; create a plan of action for recycling; and determine the measurable impact of their plan on landfills (pounds/year).

Lesson Objectives

At the end of this lesson, students will be able to:  Recognize the environmental impacts of reducing, reusing, and recycling as derived from their own analyses and create a plan of action.

Student Target

I can gather and analyze information to create a waste management plan of action.

CCR Standards

Reading

• Reading Anchor 3

  Analyze how and why individuals, events, and ideas develop and interact over the course of a text. (Apply this standard to texts of appropriate complexity as outlined by Standard 10.)

• Reading Anchor 7

  Integrate and evaluate content presented in diverse media and formats, including visually and quantitatively, as well as in words. (Apply this standard to texts of appropriate complexity as outline by Standard 10.)

Lead CCR Level Specific Standards

Reading Anchor 3: Level C

• RI.4.3

  Explain events, procedures, ideas, or concepts in a historical, scientific, or technical text, including what happened and why, based on specific information in the text.

Reading Anchor 7: Level D

• RI.6.7

  Integrate information presented in different media or formats (e.g., in charts, graphs, photographs, videos, or maps) as well as in words to develop a coherent understanding of a topic or issue.

Supporting CCR Level Specific Standards

KYAE Employability Standards

• E.1

  E.1 Effectively contribute to a team through cooperation, leadership, and giving and accepting critical feedback to work toward a common goal.

• E.7

  E.7 Accurately analyze information and respond appropriately.

• E.8

  E.8 Interact with others in a professional manner.