Chemistry of Everyday Things

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 11.05.09

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Rationale
  3. Objective
  4. Background
  5. Strategies and Activities
  6. Teacher Resources
  7. Student Resources
  8. Appendix A
  9. End Notes Works Cited

I Got the Power! Misconceptions of Recycling Batteries

Nancy VanKirk

Published September 2011

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Student Resources

Gibbons, Gail. Recycle!: A Handbook for Kids. Boston: Little, Brown, 1992.

Ever wonder what happens to all that plastic, glass, paper, aluminum, and polystyrene after the trucks pick it up?

Hiaasen, Carl, and Jennifer Welvaert. Hoot . Moline, IL: Moline Public Library, 2007.

A boy who becomes involved in another boy's attempt to save a colony of burrowing owls from a proposed construction site.

Meredith, Susan, and Christyan Fox. Why Should I Recycle? . London: Usborne, 2010.

Confused about recycling? This book will make you an expert, and get you involved.

Roca, NuÃŒBria, and Rosa Maria Curto. The three R's: Reuse, Reduce, Recycle. Hauppauge: Barrons Educational Series, 2007.

The three R's teaches us many things we can do to reduce pollution.

Showers, Paul, and Randy Chewning. Where does the Garbage go? . Rev. ed. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publishers, 1994.

Follow a garbage truck to a landfill to see how trash keeps piling up.

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