Curriculum Unit
Victoria D’Apolito
Waste: What Do We Do with It?
Title Author
KEY LEARNING, ENDURING UNDERSTANDING, ETC.
The most common methods of waste removal are municipal solid waste landfills, combustion sites, and composting. There is no one method that is best, many states in the United States use a combination of methods.
ESSENTIAL QUESTION(S) for the UNIT
What is waste? What are the pros and cons of municipal solid waste landfills? What are the pros and cons of incinerator facilities? What is composting? How is composting different than a landfill? What should we do with our waste?
CONCEPT A CONCEPT B CONCEPT C
Municipal Solid Waste Landfills
Composting
Incinerators/Combustion Sites
ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS A ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS B ESSENTIAL QUESTIONS C
What is composting? How is composting different than a landfill?
What are the pros and cons of incinerator facilities?
What is waste? What are the pros and cons of municipal solid waste landfills?
VOCABULARY A VOCABULARY B VOCABULARY C
Compost
Mass combustion/incineration
Environmental protection agency, municipal solid waste (MSW), bacteria, sanitation, municipal solid waste landfill, leachates
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION/MATERIAL/TEXT/FILM/RESOURCES
Environmental Protection Agency website
Where Do Garbage Trucks Go? And Other Questions About Trash and Recycling (children’s book)