Boston Mountain Solid Waste District

Student teams learn about solid waste management by racing against each other to correctly sort word cards (represent…

Students learn about recycling paper by creating new paper from old, shredded paper. Shredded paper is blended with w…

Student teams race against each other to try to correctly separate items into trash or recycling. The team with the m…

Students learn about the concept of recycling vs. throwing something away through a discussion of different materials…

Students learn about the effects of litter on wildlife, simulating a situation in which they are birds blindly eating…

Students learn about the movement of water in the water cycle and identify different states of water as it moves thro…

Students learn about the layers of a landfill by building their own models with edible materials.
Grades: 6-12t…

Students learn about the layers of a compost pile by building their own model with edible materials.

Students discuss the "Hierarchy of Waste" and the differences between recycling, reusing, and 'upcycling.' Then, the…

Students will learn about the decomposition process by simulating what happens within a compost pile.

Students learn about pollution and making use of items that are traditionally landfilled by collecting bottle caps an…