Got Garbage?

     First year biotechnology/biology students have been conducting research on their own consumption and conservation.  For the first week of school in January, students held on to all of the items they consumed within a 24-hour period and then sorted and weighed their consumed items to collect data on their human footprint.  In the upcoming days, they will analyze their data in their math classes and write up a reflection of their consumption learning about conservation and the human impact on our planet.
     While they were collecting data, biology students also read the book by Alan Durning, titled: Stuff. The Secret Lives of Everyday Things.  This book chronicles the consumption of an average Seattleite and explains the energy and raw materials that go in to making typical items used in an average day such as: a cup of coffee, a computer, a cheeseburger, and a car.

Weighing items.

Sorting and weighing.

Logging consumption.

Where does aluminum originate?

Having fun collecting data!

Sorting consumed items.

Record haul for the week! Six bags of garbage, five bags of recyclables, and two bags of compost.