Karen+Tripucka

=​Karen Tripucka - Guiding Activities =

**How can we produce less waste at lunch? **
 * Students will weigh and track the amount of waste from lunch periods.
 * Here are some websites that can get you started on a waste-free lunch program for your school:
 * **Waste Free Lunches**
 * This website includes information on how to start a program in your school with links to other sites.
 * @http://www.wastefreelunches.org/
 * **Earth Buddies**
 * More information on setting up a waste-free lunch day including suggestions for posters and lunches.
 * @http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00442/wastefreelunch.htm
 * **Creating Less Trash at School**
 * Includes tips on packing a waste-free lunch with examples of reusable items.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">156.98.19.245/index.html
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Students will create a presentation in Google Docs advertising a waste-free lunch day and upload it for playing on school monitor.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Google Docs**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Collaboration tool for presentation on school monitor.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">@http://docs.google.com/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Discovery Clip Art**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Clip art for presentation - includes animation.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">@http://school.discoveryeducation.com/clipart/
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Students will create a letter to be sent home to parents with ideas for a waste-free lunch.
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">These sites contain examples of letters to be sent home which includes tips on how to pack a waste-free lunch:
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Waste-Free Lunch Letter**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">@http://www.epa.gov/epawaste/education/pdfs/wflwrite.pdf
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">**Earth Buddies**
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;"><span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">@http://library.thinkquest.org/06aug/00442/wastefreelunchletter.pdf
 * <span style="font-family: Verdana,Geneva,sans-serif;">Students will compare amount of refuse from waste-free lunch days to amount of refuse from regular day and create graphs.

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