Design for RealRecycling for the 22nd Century

My favorite movie is Wall-EIn the future, the Earth

becomes buried in trash.

The people evacuate, and

leave robots to clean up.

I guess these fictional future

humans weren’t interested

in recycling...

Now, you must develop and explain an idea,

and then persuade us that it is a good idea

2.6 Trillion pounds of trash are created by the human

population of Earth each year.

“One man's trash is another man's treasure.”

Proverb. Something that one person considers worthless may be

considered valuable by someone else.

Design Using Recycled Materials

Step 1:

Decide on a type of design

using recycled materials.

Click on this link for the list of

topics

Step 2:

Research. Here are more resources:

Superuse:Where Recycling Meets Design

Recyclart

66 Art Masterpieces Made From Recycled

Materials

http://mentalfloss.com/article/13046/11-artists-

doing-amazing-things-recycled-materials

The Instructables

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

brochure on recycling construction materials

Recycled Interior Design

Background Information: Design Terms

Step 3:

Complete the Design

Terms Scavenger

Hunt.

Click on the photo to

access the document.

Background Knowledge: E-Waste Solutions

Step 4:

A close reading

exercise using a

newsela.com

article on e-waste.

Click on the photo to

access the document.

Old computer keyboards fill a box as EXPC employee Diego Cuellar walks through

the company's warehouse on Dec. 17, 2013, in Santa Ana, Calif. In California, e-

waste is recycled with funds paid by consumers as a fee when they purchase

electronics. Photo: Mindy Schauer/Orange County Register/MCT

Background Knowledge: ReUse for Building Construction

Step 5:

Click here to complete

this viewing experience

in Zaption.

You will receive credit for the

answers, which are collected in

our class Zaption account.

Choose Your Topic

Step 6:

Complete this

FORM with

information on the

object you chosen

have chosen to

research.

Click on this

LINK

to be sure that

no one else in

the class has

chosen to study

your object.

AND

THEN

Name of the specific object made with recycled

materials

What is the function of your object?

Paste a photo example

List the materials used

List the steps to making this item.

List 5 benefits of using recycled materials to

create this item

List 5 negative consequences of using recycled

materials to create this item

Paste links to 7 reliable sources you used to

research this object

Step 7: Document Your Research

Step 8: Create A Visual

Make a bulletin board with the following posts:

Sign up

for a

student

account

on

Glogster

using the

login info

in your

email.

Make a board on Glogster with the following posts:

1. Title of the Project

2. Post 3 different image examples of this type of design

with recycled materials

3. A large image showing your featured project

4. A paragraph describing the benefits (at least 3) of

using recycled materials to create this item

5. A paragraph describing the negative consequences (at

least 3) of using recycled materials to create this item

6. A step by step description of how to create your

featured project, with photos.

7. A work cited post.

Write an Argument Essay

Step 9:

Take the information on the

other graphic organizers you

have created and complete

this:

Argument Essay Template

Step 10:

Cut and paste the

information you wrote on

the template into a Google

Doc, and form completed

sentences and paragraphs

to build the argument

essay.

Be sure to include

transitions!

Almost Finished!

Step 11:

Revise and edit, using the Writing Checklist to be sure

this is your best work.

Evaluation Tools

Performance Task

Rubric

Argument Essay

Rubric: Grade 7

Argument Essay

Rubric: Grade 8