School-wide+Recycling+Project

=Resource=

http://www.servicelearning.org/slice/resource/school-wide-recycling-project

=Summary=

===Students will engage their school in a recycling project to reduce the waste that goes to landfills. Math and technology skills will be used to collect, record, and analyze data associated with school-wide recycling trends. ===

=CCSS Alignment for Grades 6-12=


 * ===**6.NS.3 **. //Fluently add, subtract, multiply, and divide multi-digit decimals using the standard algorithm for each operation//. Students will use the four operations to calculate the amount of waste reduced from landfills and the amount of waste recycled by their school. ===
 * ===**7.NS.3 **. //Solve real-world and mathematical problems involving the four operations with rational numbers//. Students will use the four operations in terms of both negative and positive integers to solve the problem of recycling at their own school. ===
 * ===**8.EE.3. **//Use numbers expressed in the form of a single digit times a whole-number power of 10 to estimate very large or very small quantities, and to express how many times as much one is than the other //. Students will use a whole number power of 10 to estimate the large quantities of garbage produced at the national level, using their school’s waste production as the basis. ===
 * ===**N-Q.3 **. //Choose a level of accuracy appropriate to limitations on measurement when reporting quantities.// Students will consider the margin of error to determine a level of accuracy appropriate to limitations on measurement of non-recyclable and recyclable waste produced by their school. ===