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Real World Science: Trash And The Environment

13 minutes 26 seconds

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What happens to buried garbage? How does garbage change? What problems does garbage cause? By taking a trip to a recycling center, landfill, and town dump, students will come to understand what happens to trash after it is thrown away. Part of the Real World Science series.

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Large truck dumping a load of trash into a landfill. Caption: What happens to it when we throw it out?
Real World Science
Episode 1
13 minutes 26 seconds
Grade Level: 4 - 8
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Episode 2
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Episode 3
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Episode 4
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Episode 5
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Episode 6
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Episode 7
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Episode 8
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Episode 9
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Episode 10
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