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The Recycling Challenge The Recycle Challenge at Black Mountain Elementary School is a pilot program to begin recycling solid waste (paper and plastic) and collect data on its effectiveness. This data, along with other supporting evidence, will be presented at the end of the school year to the Cave Creek School Board. Based on the results of The Challenge, Black Mountain School students will try to convince the Board that recycling of paper and plastic makes sense and should be implemented in all schools and offices in the Cave Creek Unified School District. The Challenge is driven by inquiry-based activities that engage students in planning an effective recycling program, monitoring effectiveness through collection of data, and looking for evidence of the need to recycle in the world around them. The activities are linked to Math, Science, and Technology Standards and are integrated into the classroom in support of the regular curriculum. |
| The Recycle Challenge - What's the Plan? Can you come up with a recycling plan to help your school recycle? Often you don't think about what you throw away. As a result many materials that can be recycled end up going into the garbage. In this part of The Recycle Challenge students answer the following questions:
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The Recycle Challenge - What Can Nature Teach Us About Recycling? Can observing nature help you to understand the importance of recycling? If you keep your eyes open you can see how "the web of nature" is dependent on recycling to maintain its balance. In this part of The Recycle Challenge students answer these guiding questions:
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The Recycle Challenge - How are We Doing? How effective is your recycling plan and can you improve it? There is always room for improvement in most plans. Careful observation and data analysis can help you to test how well a recycling plan is working. This will let you modify the plan if needed. In this part of The Recycle Challenge students look at data collected on their recycling efforts and answer these guiding questions:
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| The Recycle Challenge - How does technology improve our ability to recycle? Why do some people argue that it doesn't make sense to recycle because it costs too much? Technology plays an important part in our ability to recycle. Somethings are not recycled because people haven't thought of an efficient way or reason to recycle. In this part of The Recycle Challenge students will look at how technology relates to recycling using the following guiding questions:
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