E-WASTE By Rocío Lijó “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
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E-WASTEBy Rocío Lijó
“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
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.
OUR TASK IOur goal is to help the Blessed Sacrament School parish, and our community become knowledgeable about e-waste and its effect in our environment.
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 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.
THE PROCESSThe 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 IHere are websites with important background
information on e-waste:FRONTLINE/World Ghana: Digital Dumping Ground | PBSRecycling LegislationMiningHome – Electronics Take Back CoalitionBasel Action Network (BAN)Microsoft 10 tips for donating a computer - Google SearchAction Tips: Start a School Recycling Program | Do Something
THE PROCESS
Step IIAfter 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 IIIWork 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.
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
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: ____________________________________________________________________
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
Multimedia Project : Multimedia Rubric Teacher Name: Mrs. R Lijó
Preparedness Brings needed materials to class and is always ready to work.
Almost always brings needed materials to class and is ready to work.
Almost always brings needed materials but sometimes needs to settle down and get to work
Often forgets needed materials or is rarely ready to get to work.
Focus on the task Consistently stays focused on the task and what needs to be done. Very self-directed.
Focuses on the task and what needs to be done most of the time. Other group members can count on this person.
Focuses on the task and what needs to be done some of the time. Other group members must sometimes nag, prod, and remind to keep this person on-task.
Rarely focuses on the task and what needs to be done. Lets others do the work.
Working with Others Almost always listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Tries to keep people working well together.
Usually listens to, shares, with, and supports the efforts of others. Does not cause "waves" in the group.
Often listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others, but sometimes is not a good team member.
Rarely listens to, shares with, and supports the efforts of others. Often is not a good team player.
Time-management Routinely uses time well throughout the project to ensure things get done on time. Group does not have to adjust deadlines or work responsibilities because of this person's procrastination.
Usually uses time well throughout the project, but may have procrastinated on one thing. Group does not have to adjust deadlines or work responsibilities because of this person's procrastination.
Tends to procrastinate, but always gets things done by the deadlines. Group does not have to adjust deadlines or work responsibilities because of this person's procrastination.
Rarely gets things done by the deadlines AND group has to adjust deadlines or work responsibilities because of this person's inadequate time management.
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.
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.