Green team gazette 3.5 january 2011
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The document summarizes the Terracycle Curriculum series created by Terracycle and The Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education. It includes lesson plans on various sustainability topics for different grade levels. It also provides instructions for students to make a bar graph comparing annual household waste per person in different countries using an online graphing tool.
![6501501-26142-146700-38100The Green Team Gazette<br />,[object Object],The Green Team Gazette is a publication co-sponsored by the founders of CynerGreenCGKidz, and Eagle Cove School (formerly “Gibson Island Country School”), a Green School in Pasadena, Maryland. Our mission is to educate and share ways to “go green”—both big & small--and be environ-mentally-proactive at home, in school, and beyond. It is written by Vicki Dabrowka, 3rd grade teacher & co-Green Team Leader at Eagle Cove School. To learn more visit www.cynergreen.com, www.cgkidz.com, and www.eaglecoveschool.org. You can also follow us at http://greenteamgazette.blogspot.com/ or find us at “Green Team Gazette” on Facebook or on Twitter.Please print on recycled paper. Copyright © 2011 Vicki Dabrowka<br />6440805-19050-146700-38100The Green Team Gazette<br />CountryAmount of Waste per year in Pounds for Average PersonAustralia1,521Canada1,102France1,301Germany1,204Iceland1,433Ireland1,235Italy1,014Japan882Mexico683New Zealand1,400Norway1,322Poland705South Korea882Sweden794Switzerland1,322Turkey728United Kingdom1,058United States1,587Data from http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/env_was_gen-environment-waste-generation for the year 2000, converted from kilograms to pounds.Included in this list are the top 5 ranking WASTEFUL countries in the world.Can you find them?Image you will see when you get to the “Create A Graph” website.Computer Graph Attack: Graphing Waste Per Pound, Per Person, Per CountryDirections: Use the chart below and the list of instructions below to makea computerized graph of the average amount of waste (measured in pounds), per person, per year, for each country. Spelling Counts! Pay attention and don’t forget to follow the directions carefully!!1. Go to www.google.com and type in “create a graph” in the search bar. Click the “nces” link (which is probably the first one) or go to http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/createagraph/.2. Choose “Bar” graph.3. In the “Design” Tab:a. Pick “Vertical” as the direction.b. Pick any shape.c. For style, change nothing.4. Click the “Data” Tab: a. Title your graph “Annual Household Waste Per Person, Per Country ”b. For the “X Axis,” type in “Countries”c. For the “Y Axis,” type in “Pounds of Waste”d. For “Source,” type in “by __________” (your name)e. For “Data Set,” select “18” items. Do not change the number of groups.f. For “Group Label,” type in “number of pounds of waste per person.”g. Under “Item Label,” write in the names of each of the countries from the list.h. Under “Value” write in the household waste in pounds per country using the chart.i. For “Min-Value” write in “0.”j. For “Max-Value” type in “2000.”k. Choose colors for bars.5. Click on the “Labels” Tab:a. For “Show Label” type “yes.”b. Change only “Label color” to the color of your choice. Change nothing else in the top box.c. For “Font,” pick a font in the first column only (the other ones don’t always work well.)d. Pick a font color….do not change the font size.6. Click the “Preview” tab.7. Have your teacher view your graph before you print.8. Click the “Print/Save” tab.a. Click “Print.”b. In the next window, click “print.”c. Find the “print” icon and click.d. Find where it asks you how many copies you want. Ask your teacher how many copies you shouldprint, type in that number, then click “print.”e. Voila! Mission Completion!!9. Study your graph. What do you notice? How much more waste does the US make per person thanthe least wasteful country on this graph? Copyright © 2011 Vicki Dabrowka Volume 3, Issue 5, page 2 January 2011<br />](https://image.slidesharecdn.com/greenteamgazette3-5january2011-110707162854-phpapp02/85/Green-team-gazette-3-5-january-2011-1-320.jpg)
