Wasatch Campus Waste

By Brit, Kirt, Zina


Overview

Looking at the Wasatch campus and researching the kinds and amount of waste created in our community.
Could be done in Kirt's ecology class over the course of a semester or with the entire campus participating one class a week.

Big Idea

Sustainability

The Essential Question

What is the most important waste issue on campus to address?

Guiding Questions

Is it our water use, food waste, silverware being thrown away? fossil fuels?
Where does the waste come from?
What kinds of waste are produced?
financial? health impact? resource use?
local impact? global impact?

Guiding Activities

research, measurement, interviews
Carrying trash around with you all day
looking at what NASA does about waste in space

Stumbling Blocks:
Grading and Accountability