DIGGING THE PAST
RUMMAGING FOR TREASURE
QUICK RESPONSE
FIELD GUIDE TO RECYCLING
FACT OR FICTION
100
Gold masks, jeweled crowns, bronze statues or just ancient garbage.
What is an artifact?
100
"One person's trash is another person's treasure."
What did the sign say that hung over the doorway?
100
Sheryl, Calvin, Jamal, Grandpa, Mayor Burns
Who are the characters in the play?
100
To use something again.
What does recycling mean?
100
236 million tons of trash per year.
What is amount of trash produced by Americans?
200
They study past cultures
What do archaeologists do?
200
A fundraiser where donated items are sold at low prices.
What is a rummage sale?
200
The terrible smell coming from the water.
What are chemicals coming from the WMZ company?
200
Make notepads and recycle.
What can you do with white paper?
200
About 1/3
How much trash is recycled in the US?
300
Bones, broken pottery, seeds, and plants.
What archaeologists find when they dig up garbage dumps?
300
A game where players throw a ball using a stick with a net at the end
What is lacrosse/
300
The water is polluted.
Why are the fish dead?
300
Return to store to be cleaned and refilled or melted into new ones.
What can you do with glass bottles?
300
The most recycled item in the US.
What is the aluminum soda pop can?
400
About daily life in times past.
What do archaeologists learn by studying what they dig up?
400
To help people who lost their homes in the tornado.
What is the rummage sale in the story for?
400
From household cleaners and pesticides.
Where did the nitrates and phosphates come from?
400
Can be recycled and turned into toys.
What does the HDPE symbol mean?
400
The most common item thrown away.
What is paper?
500
At the edge of the village because of the foul odors.
Where were the garbage dumps located?
500
A treasure map.
What did Stacy buy at the rummage sale?
500
To look into carefully to gain information.
What does investigate mean?
500
Filling for stuffed animals.
What can recycled styrofoam be used for?
500
72 million tons per year.
How much paper is thrown away?
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