Exercises — Lab 10: Waste Management — Waste Investigation and E-Life Documentary
1 hands-on tasks. Do them in order; each one feeds the Canvas item it names.
60 min · lab-scaffold
1. Lab 10 write-up scaffold
- HYPOTHESIS — Before examining your household waste, predict what category of waste (food, plastic, paper, electronics, other) will be largest by volume. Explain your reasoning.
- METHODS — Describe your waste investigation: how you sampled your trash (one day, one bag, or one week), how you sorted and categorized items, how you estimated volume or count for each category, and how you watched the E-Life documentary.
- DATA TABLE — Record each waste category: category name, estimated volume or count, whether it is recyclable, compostable, hazardous, or landfill-bound, and your household's current disposal method.
- ANALYSIS — Which category dominated your waste stream? What percentage is being handled correctly? Identify one item in your trash that could have been reduced, reused, or recycled instead. Connect to the E-Life documentary: where does your e-waste likely end up?
- CONCLUSION — (1) Was your hypothesis supported? (2) What is one source of error in a self-reported waste audit? (3) How does your household waste stream connect to the global waste crisis shown in E-Life, and what is one change you will make?
Turn in / bring: Submit waste investigation write-up + Discussion Board Exit Post through Canvas by 11/23 @ 11:59pm.