Paper and the Environment

 

Kara A. Monroe & Scott K. Irwin


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Question


How does the use of paper impact the environment?
 


Sub-Questions
 
  • How is paper made? 
  • Where does paper come from? 
  • How do we use paper? 
  • How can we use paper better? 
  • What is recycled paper?
  • How do we misuse paper? 
  • How much paper do we use? 
  • How do we recycle paper? 
  • How much paper does one tree make?
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    Concepts
     
    Sources of Information
     
    Magazines:

    Ranger Rick

    My Own Backyard

    Highlights

    Boys’ Life

    		 Websites:

    www.marcalpaper.com/marcal_kids.html

    www.tappi.org/paperu

    www.recycleroom.org/html/launch.html

    www.plt.org

    		 Government:

    US Forest Service

    Bureau of Land Management

    Department of Natural Resources
    Private Sector:

    Weyerhaeuser

    Simpson Tacoma Kraft

    		 Tradebooks:

    Too Much Trash

    50 Ways to Save the Earth

    		 Videos:

    Reading Rainbow

    Paper Mills
     
    Interview/Observation/Experiment
     
    • Field trip to forest 
    • Field trip to recycling plant 
    • Visitors from wood and paper mills 
    • Interviews with parents about paper use
  • Surveys of paper consumption: School/Home/Work 
  • Activities from Project Learning Tree 
  • Making Paper
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    Writing Reading Math
    Forms:
    • Note-taking 
    • Developing surveys 
    • Developing interview questions 
    • Graphing results 
    • Poems/stories on paper 
    • Posters for school (reduce-reuse-recycle)
    		 Forms:
    • Pamphlets 
    • Books 
    • Websites 
    • Magazines 
    • Results of surveys 
    • Statistics
    		 Forms:
    • Graphing 
    • Large number calculation 
    • Ratios of trees to paper 
    • Statistics
    Skills/Strategies:
    • Note-taking 
    • Data collection 
    • Message presentation
    		 Skills/Strategies:
    • Skimming 
    • Researching 
    • Use of index and table of contents 
    • Interpreting statistics
    		 Skills/Strategies:
    • Compiling data 
    • Appropriate graphs 
    • Interpreting statistics 
    • Interpolating/ Extrapolating Data
     
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