Lesson plan

NIMBY: The Garbage Barge from Islip


GeoLiteracy GeoSTEM

Description

In this lesson students will learn the value of communities working together to solve a problem by charting the voyage of “the garbage barge”.

Duration

2 class periods

Author

Sara
Jenkins

Standards

1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
14: How human actions modify the physical environment
18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future

Teacher Instructions

JenkinsGarbageT.pdf (201.31 KB)

Student Materials

Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners

Supplemental Files