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Design, Build and Test Your Own Landfill
| Content Provider | TeachEngineering: STEM curriculum for K-12 |
|---|---|
| Author | Parks, Jean Carlson, Denise W. |
| Copyright Year | 2010 |
| Description | Students design and build model landfills using materials similar to those used by engineers for full-scale landfills. Teams create designs within given budgets, test the landfills' performance, and graph and compare designs for capacity, cost and performance. Students design and build model landfills using materials similar to those used by engineers for full-scale landfills. Their completed small-size landfills are "rained" on and subjected to other erosion processes. The goal is to create landfills that hold the most garbage, minimize the cost to build and keep trash and contaminated water inside the landfill to prevent it from causing environmental damage. Teams create designs within given budgets, test the landfills' performance, and graph and compare designs for capacity, cost and performance. |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Rights Holder | Regents of The University of Colorado |
| Subject Keyword | Earth and Space Liner System Garbage Groundwater Pollution Landfill Performance Optimize Geosynthetic Leachate Aquifer |
| Content Type | Text Video |
| Time Required | PT1H |
| Education Level | Class V Class VI Class VII |
| Pedagogy | Experimental Activity Lecture cum Demonstration |
| Resource Type | Hands-on |
| Subject | Structure of the Earth |
