Master Plan - What's Rotting at MPH?

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Master Plan
What's Rotting at MPH?

Step 1
Research Compost
1. What is compost?
2. Why should we compost?
3. What can be composted at school?
4. How does composting work?
5. Where should you put your compostable materials?
6. What kind of a bin should we use?

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Step 2
Recycling Research
1. What is recyclable in Onondaga County?
2. Do we have to recycle?
3. How does it work?

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Step 3
What is source reduction?

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Step 4
Compile all your research within your group.

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Step 5
Share your research with the other groups.
Table 1 with Table 4
Table 2 with Table 3

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Step 6
Devise THE PLAN!
• How do you think grade 8 should pick up the papers to be shredded and composted?
• How often?
• Mass before or after shredding?
• Measure volume before or after shredding?

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Step 7
Presentation of Plan
1. How should we present THE PLAN to Middle School? Lower School? Upper School?
2. Faculty?
3. Staff?
4. What type of Presentation?

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Step 8
Publish Results
1. Website Design
2. GGI.org
3. Partner with OCRRA
4. MPH Website
5. Icebox
6. Posters

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Science 8 November 1-2, 2006

Learn definitions for Chapter 4.1 and 5.1 for Wednesday/Thursday November 8/9.