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| Visit a town dump, learn what happens to trash, and wrangle with the
issues around population growth
Goals:
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Increase student awareness of trash problems in our society
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Introduce the concept of slope as a rate of change
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Improve student understanding of variables
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Apply pattern finding skills to population data
Student Activities:
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Conduct a personal trash audit
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Estimate personal garbage accumulation
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Estimate local garbage accumulation using local population data
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Estimate the lifespan of local land fills
Technology:
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Use Microsoft Excel to analyze data, make calculations and draw graphs
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Use Excel to test and refine mathematical models estimated by hand
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Use Internet to find data on population growth and local dump sites
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