Energy, Climate, Environment

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 09.07.01

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Purpose
  2. Introduction
  3. What Are Plastics
  4. Anything You Can Do, I Can Do BETTER!
  5. From Natural to Not So Much…
  6. Better Things for Better People - Marketing of Plastics
  7. So What Is the Big Deal??
  8. Health Concerns
  9. Out of Sight, Out of Mind
  10. Are We Really Recycling?
  11. Strategies for Implementation
  12. Stage One - You as the Consumer
  13. Stage Two - You as the Recycler
  14. Stage Three - You as the Global Citizen
  15. Reflection
  16. References
  17. Reading List for Students
  18. Materials for Classroom Use
  19. Appendix - Implementing District Standards
  20. Endnotes

Flexible Enthusiasm: Consumption and Awareness of Plastics in Our Lives

Stephanie Anaissa Brown-Bryant

Published September 2009

Tools for this Unit:

Materials for Classroom Use

Clip art or other media - free at www.microsoft.com

Consumable items that contain plastic (water bottles, packaged food items, plastic grocery bags, etc.)

Internet access for research (whole class or group setting)

Magazine, Discover. 20 Things You Didn't Know. http://discovermagazine.com/columns/20-things-you-didnt-know (accessed July 2009). Type "plastics" in the search engine.

Multimedia software that allows creation of spreadsheets, slideshows, digital video presentations or presentations for print

Plastic recycling classification - http://www.coffeecountyrecycling.com/Plast http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Resin_identification_code ic%20Classification.pdf

Video of biodegradable bottle - http://www.biotaspringwater.com

Video of Toxic Garbage Island - http://www.vbs.tv/watch/toxic/garbage-island-1-of-3 . Remember there is mature language. Do not include audio!

Virtual library - www.galileo.usg.edu.

Comments:

Amy Loretta Neiter

November 19, 2009 at 8:29 am

Thank you

I am happy to be able to use your site to teach myself and my children.

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