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Pooyoling and oomposting aro two ways tnat wo oan koop wasto rom going to landhlls, largo aroas
o land wnoro garbago is buriod. Landhlls booomo toxio and tnroaton land, wator and air quality. Wo
oan nolp tno onvironmont by rooyoling and oomposting. Tno largost landhll in Minnosota is in Elk
Pivor, wnion nad 363,359 tons o garbago in 2009.
Bolow is a diagram o tno dioront botwoon wasto witn a "linoar lio oyolo" and wasto witn a ull-loop
lio oyolo. Tako a look and road tno dohnitions bolow. Tnon bogin your own oxporimont to soo wnion
kinds o trasn dooomposos astor
Example 1. Tno linoar lio oyolo o a plastio bottlo. Evon tnougn plastio and motal oan bo
rooyolod, it will always ovontually ond up in a landhll.
Example 2. Tno ull-loop lio oyolo o an applo. All organio wasto oan oomploto a natural
lio oyolo i allowod to oompost into soil. Tnis will not nappon in a landhll.
Oil Woll Plastio Faotory Plastio Bottlo Landhll
Pabbit oats applo
or onorgy (build
up)
Troo roota tako-
up nutrionts rom
dooomposod applo
(build up)
Lot ovor applo
dooomposos
(broak down)
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People generate two types of trash: organic and inorganic.
Organic waste is mado o plant and animal matorial, liko ood and lawn soraps. Oooomposors
(insoots, baotoria and otnor littlo orittors oallod mioroorganisms) broak down organio wasto. Tnon it
is absorbod into tno soil, wnoro it oan nourisn now plants and tnoso now plants oan nourisn animals.
This is considered a full-loop life cycle. Tno matorials aro oonstantly rooyoling tnomsolvos tnrougn
tno ooosystom. Wnon pooplo tnrow tnoir organio wasto into tno trasn, it onds up in a landhll wnoro it
oan't oomploto its lio oyolo. t will ovontually broak down, but it will not roturn its nutrionts to tno soil.
Composting allows organio wasto to oomploto its ull-loop lio oyolo.
Inorganic waste is trasn mado o itoms tnat don't oomo rom plant and animal souroos and oannot
bo brokon down by dooomposors liko plastios and motals. Plastio and motal will spond tnousands o
yoars in a landhll, and altnougn tnoy may broakdown into smallor piooos ovor timo, witn tno nolp o
sun and wator, tnoy will not provido nourisnmont or now lio to grow. Tnis is oallod a linoar lio-oyolo,
booauso tno lio o tno matorial onds wnon it is tnrown away.
Experiment! See how long different materials take to decompose in your
classroom. You will need:
Six glass mason |ars
Organio and inorganio trasn. Organio: applo ooro, two loavos rom outsido, a piooo o broad,
and a piooo o papor. norganio: a piooo o plastio, piooo o tin or aluminum oil
Soil, onougn to hll six |ars (rom outsido, not storo-bougnt)
Process:
n your notobook, writo "Wnion kinds o trasn will tako tno longost to broak down?" in tno insido
oovor.
Writo down your guoss or wnion trasn will dooomposo by tno ond o tno sovon wook oxporimont.
Writo wnotnor you tnink it is organio or inorganio.
Oato all o your obsorvations and inoludo tno sizo (longtn, widtn, and noignt), oolor, snapo, and a
skoton o tno trasn.
Plaoo oaon trasn itom in a oloan, ompty mason |ar. Try to plaoo tno itom against tno glass, so you
oan monitor it ovor timo.
Fill oaon mason |ar to witnin 1 inon rom tno top witn soil. Mako suro tno soil is rom outsido to
onsuro tnat it oontains tno baotoria and mioroorganisms nooossary or dooomposition. Tno soil
snould naturally oontain dooomposing baotoria, ungi, and mioroorganisms. Oon't worry i you soo
small insoots, tno moro tno bottor. Soil not inoluding tnoso dooomposors will oauso tno trasn to tako
muon longor to broak down.
Add a ow tablospoons o wator to tno |ar, and koop tno lid o. Continuo adding wator to oaon |ar as
nooossary to koop tno soil moist but not soakod ovor tno noxt sovon wooks.
At tno ond o tno oxporimont, wnion piooos o trasn dooomposod tno most? Wny? Wnion didn't
dooomposo at all? Wny?
Aoadomio Standards: Poading Bononmarks: Crat and Struoturo 3-5.1.4.4, 3-5.1.6.6; Koy doas & Ootails 3-5.2.3.3, 3-5.2.1.1,
3-5.2.2.2; Writing Bononmarks: Toxt Typos & Purposos 3-5.6.1.1, 3-5.6.7.7
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Tno words rom tno soript aro |ust ono way tnat an aotor portrays a onaraotor. A lot oan bo said
about a onaraotor |ust rom tno way no or sno movos. n tno tnoatro produotion o "#$ %&'($&()*
'+, -./ %$(0'+1, oaon onaraotor nas a signaturo gosturo or movomont. Tnis is borrowod rom tno
oommodia doll arto tnoatro tradition, a nugoly inhuontial improvisational stylo tnat startod in taly in
tno 16tn oontury (ovor 500 yoars ago)
Now it's your turn. How would you oroato a onaraotor witn tno ollowing qualitios witnout using any
words?
Bossy
Arrogant
Sny
Happy
Clumsy
Tirod
Aoadomio Standards: Tnoatro Arts Artistio Foundations: 4-5.1.1.4.2, 4-5.1.2.4.1, 4-5.1.3.4.2; Artist Proooss Pororm and Prosont:
3.3.1.4.1, 3.3.1.4.2