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Lessons
1. All Wrapped Up.
How many ways can you sort a package?
How do its properties influence its function as a product wrap?
2. What a Can Can Do.
Can you tell an aluminum can from a steel can?
These experiments help students discover the properties of metal cans.
3. Going in Cycles: The Life of an Aluminum Can.
Build a clay can as a model for conceptualizing the can manufacturing process and its place in closed-loop recycling.
4. Honey, I Shrunk the Lids!
How does lightweighting conserve aluminum resources?
5. Make a Difference.
Can one person's efforts to recycle aluminum cans really make a difference?
Try these math exercises and find out!
6. Information, Please!
Plan a field trip that shows your students recycling up close.
7. Action, Please!
Now that you've done all the fact finding, here's how to get your students involved.