Elicit non-trivial dialogue from students. Guide students to reflection and analysis of the experience. Encourage students to share their perceptions and beliefs. Summarize and review similarities and differences.
What happens to trash? What can be done? Problems and solutions experiment.
Objective: To have children reflect on their experience with trash. Develop listening skills and group discussion techniques. Use all senses to describe trash.
Activity: Whole group discussion about how trash looks, smells, and feels. Where does trash go? What happens to it? What can we do about the amount of trash? Have several containers with moist garden soil. Bury different items such as aluminum foil, plastic, paper and food scraps. This is an experiment to see what is bio-degradable. Check results at the end of the unit.
