Unit 9: Solid and Hazardous Waste

Textbook Reading
Chapter 21: Solid and Hazardous Waste



Click for the Unit 9 Activity Sheet.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Wasting Resources.

Click to watch the video "The Story of Stuff."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Types of Solid Waste.

Click to view the video "The Majestic Plastic Bag - A Mockumentary."

Click to view the video "Plastic Soup - The Great Pacific Garbage Patch."

Click to view the video "The Story of Electronics."

Click to view the video "Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground."

Click to read the article "Excessive Product Packaging."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Integrated Waste Management.

Click to watch the video "Dumpster Divers: Preventing Food Waste."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Recycling.

Click to watch the video "Recycled Paper: How Do They Make That Stuff?"

Click to watch the video "How Plastic Bottles Are Recycled Into Polyester."

Click to watch the video "How Stuff Works: Corn Plastic."

Click to go to the first website for the Recycling Webquest. Click to go to the second website.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Burning and Burying Solid Waste.

Click to watch the video "How Does a Modern Landfill Work?"

Click to go to the website for the "Recycle City Game Webquest."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Hazardous Waste.

Click to view the video "Love Canal Part 1 Modern Marvels Engineering Disasters."

Click to view the video "Love Canal Part 2 Modern Marvels Engineering Disasters."

Click to watch the video on "Phytoremediation."

Click to go to EPA's Superfund website to do Superfund Program Research. Click for the second website.

Click to see Newsday's list of environmental cleanup sites on Long Island.

Click for the Hazardous Waste Poster.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Toxic Lead and Mercury.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Achieving a Low Waste Society.

Click to watch the video "Environmental Justice, Explained."

Click to watch the video "Environmental Racism Explained."



Click to watch the video "Landfill Harmonic."

Unit 8: Water Issues

Textbook Reading
Chapter 13: Water Resources
Chapter 20: Water Pollution


Click for the Unit 8 Activity Sheet.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Water's Importance, Availability and Renewal.

Click to view the Daffy Duck video "Aqua Duck."

Click to watch The Nature Conservancy video "We're Oyster Farmers - Montauk"

Click to view the L.A. Times graphic showing How Much Water it Takes to Make This Plate.

Click for the first website for the What's Your Water Footprint activity. Click for the second website.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Too Little Freshwater.

Click to watch the video "Water Wars: A Lego Animated Short."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Managing Groundwater and Surface Water Supplies.

Click to watch the movie trailer for "What Happens When You Demolish Two 100-Year Old Dams."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Transporting Water and Desalination.

Click to see the L.A. Times California drought map infographic.

Click to watch the N.Y. Times video "California's Extreme Drought Explained."

Click to watch the video Planet 100 video Desalination 101."

Click to watch the video "Drinking from the Sea."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Wasting Less Water.

Click to read the ProPublica article on "California's Drought..."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Too Much Water.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Water Pollution – Sources, Types and Effects.

Click to go to the EPA National Ambient Air Quality Standards website and the EPA Table of Drinking Water Contaminants for the Parts Per Million Lab.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Freshwater Pollution.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Groundwater Pollution.

Click to watch The Nature Conservancy video "Where Does It Come From?"

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Ocean Pollution.

Click to watch The Nature Conservancy Video Nitrogen Pollution."

Click to watch The Nature Conservancy Video "Jim's Solution."

Click to watch the Story of Stuff Project video "Microbeads."

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Preventing and Reducing Water Pollution.

Click to watch The Nature Conservancy video "Where Does It Go When I Flush?"

Click to watch the video "It's Imperative - Mastic Beach."

Click to watch the video "The Sewage Treatment Process."

Click to see the USGS poster "How Do We Treat Our Wastewater?"

Click for the first website for the Wastewater Treatment Activity. Click for the second website and the third website.

Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Drinking Water Quality.

Click to watch the video "How It's Made Drinking Water."

Click to watch the video "Long Island's Drinking Water -- Challenges and Solutions."

Click to water the PBS News Hour video "Long Island Residents Worry Their Tap Water Is Unsafe."

Click to watch the video "The Story of Bottled Water."