As part of Earth Day clean up activities, students will inventory the types of garbage that they picked up and generate statistics on what they found. Students will then develop a survey to be distributed to other classrooms to see what type of garbage they were most likely to find. Collect, organize, analyze, and describe data in a real-world situation. Make inferences and convincing arguments based on data analysis. Formulate reports suggesting an action plan to address a problem in the community.
Students participate in their local area's Earth Day activities.
As students collect trash they keep track of the types of articles they pick up. At the end of Earth Day activities, students aggregate their data to develop whole-class statistics of what they found. Based on the data they gathered during their clean-up activities, students will develop a questionnaire to distribute to other schools. Surveys may take the form of an e-mail questionnaire or a Web page with forms that visitors fill out. When students have received data from their questionnaires, they analyze the data and prepare a report to be distributed to those who participated.