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E-waste

“Currently, most discarded consumer electronics end up in our landfills or are exported abroad, creating potential health and environmental hazards and representing a lost opportunity to recover valuable resources such as rare earth minerals”. President Barack Obama. E-waste. By Rocío Lijó.

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E-waste

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  1. “Currently, most discarded consumer electronics end up in our landfills or are exported abroad, creating potential health and environmental hazards and representing a lost opportunity to recover valuable resources such as rare earth minerals”. President Barack Obama E-waste By Rocío Lijó

  2. Introduction • In 2005, Americans bought more than $100 billion worth of electronics including computers, digital cameras, MP3s and cell phones • 70% of heavy metals in landfills come from electronic waste • Only 10-15% of e-waste is recycled • 60 to 80% of the United States e-waste is dumped overseas in third world countries such as China, Nigeria and India In this WebQuest , we will research global and local problems and solutions related to the consumption and disposal of consumer electronics.

  3. After doing background research, the class will be divided in groups of two. Each group will need to work together to create a product that helps explain the following: • The effect e-waste is having in our world. • What e-waste is and which components can be recycled. • Strategies for reducing e-waste or how to recycle it. Our goal is to help the Blessed Sacrament School parish, and our community become knowledgeable about e-waste and its effect in our environment. Our Task I

  4. Our Task II To present the information, each group will create a poster, and a Power Point based on what they learned. Parents, parishioners, and the community will be able to see the presentations at an information booth at our annual Fiesta.

  5. The process The problem of e-waste is a large topic of debate within our country. Read through the websites below to get a sense of the background of the problem and the ways governments and corporations are dealing with the issue. Review the information and start gathering data that will help you show your knowledge of computer recycling issues. Step I Here are websites with important background information on e-waste: FRONTLINE/World Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground | PBS Recycling Legislation Mining Home – Electronics Take Back Coalition Basel Action Network (BAN) Microsoft 10 tips for donating a computer - Google Search Action Tips: Start a School Recycling Program | Do Something

  6. The process Step II After you have finished reading this page and have read through all the websites, pick up a packet with your name on it. This will tell you what group you are in and project requirements. Project Requirements Step III Work with your group and find a way to let the school, parish, and your community know about the e-waste problem and some suggestions for recycling. Once your group has decided on a project, submit the bottom part of your Project Requirements Page.

  7. Project Requirements Presentations should be filled with enough information so that the audience will be able to understand the following items: What e-waste is. Why the recycling of e-waste is important. What, Where, or How we can reduce or recycle e-waste. Although there is no specific length or page requirement, students are expected to show a significant amount of research about the project. See the attached rubric for more information. A typed bibliography is required (either included within the project itself or as a separate document). _________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Once your group has decided on a project, complete the bottom of this form and turn it in for approval. Group Participants: ______________________________________________________________ Project Type: ____________________________________________________________________ Project Title: ____________________________________________________________________

  8. Evaluation Each students will receive three grades: one for the Poster, the second one for the Power Point, and the last one for how efficiently they work in their group. Poster Rubric.doc Multimedia Rubric.doc Group Rubric.doc

  9. conclusion By completing this Web Quest activity, you and your group learned about the benefits of recycling e-waste. • What is your opinion on e-waste? • Do you think that e-waste is really a problem that needs to be dealt with? • Does it matter that we are sending what the environmentalists consider “hazardous waste” overseas ? Explain your answer. • Have you been able to make a decision, or do you need further information? • What can you do at home to make sure that your family is part of the solution and not the problem? Use the last page of you packet to answer these questions.

  10. Learning standards Social Studies • Standard 3: Geography Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of the geography of the interdependent world in which we live—local, national, and global—including the distribution of people, places, and environments over the Earth’s surface. • Standard 4: Economics • Students will use a variety of intellectual skills to demonstrate their understanding of how the United States and other societies develop economic systems and associated institutions to allocate scarce resources, how major decision-making units function in the United States and other national economies, and how an economy solves the scarcity problem through market and nonmarket mechanisms.

  11. References –other sites Environmental Issues Recycling Wireless Devices - Go Wireless Go Green ecomall - Computer Junk Is Growing Recycle: Getting rid of Europe's e-waste Europe leads e-waste recycling Recycle Resources Computer Rescue Classic Computer Rescue Squad

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