ADVANCED MATTER CYCLE PEOPLE: Take a look at your outlines for the

Advanced Matter Cycles projects. Think CRITICALLY – be prepared to

ask questions. You have 48 hours to complete outline

FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAY PEOPLE Please collect a copy of your

support sheet as you enter the room.

I will compare and contrast the three Rs as I write an evaluation on which one is the most effective in helping the planet.

Which of the Three Rs

Definition

Icon Example for your table’s product

REDUCE: Using less of the material to start with.

How can we reduce the table’s product: ___

Make an icon for REDUCE.

How should we change the matter cycle token simulation to demonstrate REDUCE?

REUSE: Using the same item again or for a different purpose.

An example of REUSING would be ______.

Draw an icon for REUSE.

How should we change the matter cycles token simulation to demonstrate REUSE?

Recycle: Breaking down the product into its base materials and using them to construct new products.

An example would be______

Draw an icon.

HowStuffWorks: Recycling Aluminum : Video : Discovery Channel

How Glass is Recycled

Watch the film Sequence the

events to recycle an aluminum can and glass.

1) Using the backside of an old test for classroom paper.

2) Grinding up tennis shoes to make a race track.

3) Using a tuna can to measure how much water you give your lawn so you don’t over-water.

4) Buying a more fuel efficient used automobile.

5) Composting in your backyard.ANSWERS ON NEXT SLIDE:

1) Reduce (amount of paper) and reuse (the same paper more than once).

2) Recycle – taking materials, breaking them down, creating something new.

3) Reuse (the tuna can for something different) and reduce (amount of water).

4) Reduce (amount of gas) Reuse (buying a used automobile)

5) Recycling – breaking down food scraps to make soil.