Guiding+Activity+by+Rick+Lapi

**Activity by Rick Lapi ** __**Objectives:**__ Learners will be able to dicuss where the waste from their school goes. Learners will be able to discuss where the waste from the home goes. Learners will be able to create a plan for reducing the amount of waste leaving their home and school. __**Procedure:**__ Students will create a blog on their class moodle about where they think waste goes after it leaves their home and school. Students will watch videos and browse websites that explain where waste goes after it leaves their home and school. Students will find at least 4 more additional sites and videos that explain where waste goes when it leave their home and school and record them on their blog. Based on the reasearch permformed, students should revisit their blog and create a new entry explaining where they waste from their school and home goes. Students should research how waste effects the globe. One student from the group will schedule an interview with the school head custodian and record what they feel are the order of waste items leaving the school Students will create a plan that determines what they feel is the greatest waste and how we can combat the waste to better the environment. The plan should be displayed on a Google Web Site and the link shared on our moodle discussion board.  __**Resources:**__ [] [|http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=fvTZc5hWBNY#!] [] [] []
 * __Guiding Questions:__** What happens to the waste we consume at school? What happens to the waste we consume at home?

__**Extension:** __ Students will present their Google Site at the monthly board meeting Students will track their waste over the next month and create an Excel spreadsheet outline the progress of reduction of waste.