Solving Environmental Problems through Engineering

CONTENTS OF CURRICULUM UNIT 20.04.05

  1. Unit Guide
  1. Introduction
  2. Context
  3. Content Objective
  4. Rationale
  5. Content
  6. Teaching Strategies
  7. References
  8. Appendix A
  9. Endnotes

A Plastic Struggle for Mother Earth

Marnita A. Chischilly

Published September 2020

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Endnotes

1 “Bring Your Leadership Team's Vision to Life.” Home. Accessed August 14, 2020. http://www.indistar.org/.

2 NWEA UAP Login. Accessed August 14, 2020. https://teach.mapnwea.org/.

3 Next Generation Science Standards, August 6, 2020. https://www.nextgenscience.org/.

4 Geyer, Roland, Jenna R. Jambeck, and Kara Lavender Law. “Production, Use, and Fate of All Plastics Ever Made.” Science Advances. American Association for the Advancement of Science, July 1, 2017.

5 Gutsche, C. David. Calixarenes: An Introduction. RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) Publishing (online), 2008.

6 “Plastic - The Popular Pollutant KQED Learning.pdf.” Google Drive. Google. Accessed August 14, 2020.

7 Ibid

8 Ibid

9 Ibid

10 “The Spirituality of Nature, Earth and Universe.” Navajo-Hopi Observer News. Accessed August 14, 2020. https://www.nhonews.com/news/2007/jun/05/the-spirituality-of-nature-earth-and-universe/.

11 The Regulatory Review. “Tribal Regulation of Single-Use Plastics.” The Regulatory Review, April 23, 2019. https://www.theregreview.org/2019/04/23/harris-tribal-regulation-plastics/.

12 Ibid

13 “Plastic - The Popular Pollutant KQED Learning.pdf.” Google Drive. Google. Accessed August 14, 2020.

14 “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.” EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, May 12, 2020. https://www.epa.gov/recycle.

15 “Plastics: Material-Specific Data.” EPA. Environmental Protection Agency, October 30, 2019. https://www.epa.gov/facts-and-figures-about-materials-waste-and-recycling/plastics-material-specific-data.

16 “Bioplastics.” Wyss Institute, July 14, 2020 https://wyss.harvard.edu/technology/bioplastic/.

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