1. Before the mayor can fully trust your investigative skills, he needs to know that the team has a basic understanding of landfills. With your team, complete the Landfill Background Check by reading the article and answering the questions. Once finished, turn in the questions into the mayor; all questions must be revised until correct.
2. Now that you understand the basics of landfills, you and your team need to learn about your town and its landfill! With your team, create your town profile. Click on the link to find a town profile organizational chart to help guide your town creation.
3. It is time to tackle this issue! Each member from your team of 4 will choose a different scientific specialist role. You will become a expert of this field and explore its relationships with landfills. Choose one of the following scientific specialist roles:
4. Each team member will go to the link for their scientific specialist role. Guiding questions, links, and organizational tools are provided to help jump start your research investigation. Each member is responsible for collecting research for their topic and finding accurate, high quality data. All sources used must be cited in APA format. Remember, you are part of a team; both you and your team depend upon your effort in the research investigation!
5. Once you have collected your data, you will meet with your team to share research, propose solutions, and collaborate. Brainstorm possible solutions to implement based upon your scientific field and findings. If needed, continue to research solutions as a team!
6. With your team, create a Landfill Environmental Management Plan for your town's landfill issue. Specific guidelines for the landfill environmental management plan are provided in the link. Type up your plan using Prezi.
7. Last but not least, present your Landfill Environmental Management Plan Prezi to the EPA board through an informative presentation. Specific guidelines for the presentation are provided in the link.
2. Now that you understand the basics of landfills, you and your team need to learn about your town and its landfill! With your team, create your town profile. Click on the link to find a town profile organizational chart to help guide your town creation.
3. It is time to tackle this issue! Each member from your team of 4 will choose a different scientific specialist role. You will become a expert of this field and explore its relationships with landfills. Choose one of the following scientific specialist roles:
4. Each team member will go to the link for their scientific specialist role. Guiding questions, links, and organizational tools are provided to help jump start your research investigation. Each member is responsible for collecting research for their topic and finding accurate, high quality data. All sources used must be cited in APA format. Remember, you are part of a team; both you and your team depend upon your effort in the research investigation!
5. Once you have collected your data, you will meet with your team to share research, propose solutions, and collaborate. Brainstorm possible solutions to implement based upon your scientific field and findings. If needed, continue to research solutions as a team!
6. With your team, create a Landfill Environmental Management Plan for your town's landfill issue. Specific guidelines for the landfill environmental management plan are provided in the link. Type up your plan using Prezi.
7. Last but not least, present your Landfill Environmental Management Plan Prezi to the EPA board through an informative presentation. Specific guidelines for the presentation are provided in the link.