Fact+Finder



Welcome Fact Finder! Your journey into the world of recycling begins here. Review the information in the following links to help your teammates lean more about recycling and what you can do to solve the problems in your school. The information you provide will also be a large part of defending your solution, the WHY question.

Here are a list of questions for you to think about while you are exploring the websites. You must write your thoughts about each question in your journal. Prepare 7 pages in your journal before you begin - one page for each question and one page for other ideas you come up with that may help your group. Information for a question may be found on more than one website. Your answers to these questions will be graded independently from the group work.

Questions:  Websites: > > >
 * 1) What happens to garbage when it is not recycled?
 * 2) How does non-recycled garbage affect our environment?
 * 3) What happens after items are put in the recycling bin?
 * 4) How much energy was saved last year through recycling?
 * 5) How do we know what we can and can't recycle?
 * 6) What are the 3 Rs and what do they mean to you?
 * 1) http://www.americarecyclesday.org/recycling-101.aspx
 * 2) http://www.recyclezone.org.uk/home_iz.aspx
 * 3) http://www.kidsface.org/pages/newsletter/recycle.html
 * 4) http://www.recycleworks.org/kids/recycling.html
 * 5) http://www.recycleworks.org/kids/index.html
 * 6) http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/education/kids/planetprotectors/index.htm
 * 7) http://www.earthmatters4kids.org/main.html
 * 1)  http://www.scholastic.com/actgreen/index.asp
 * 1) <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;"> http://www.planetpals.com/recyclefacts.html