Materials:  Cartoon, Throw Away Quiz, definition transparency, graph transparency and   copies of one person's waste per year.

Objectives:
1. Students will predict, based on their knowledge, the answers to the throw   away quiz.
2.  Students will be able to define terms relating to land pollution.
3.  Students will be able to show their understanding of graphs.
4.  Students will analyze material on a graph.

Procedures:
1.  The cartoon will be shown on the overhead.  Students will be involved in a   class discussion on the meaning of the cartoon. (2 minutes)
2.  The students will complete a throw away quiz. This will be completed   individually. ( 5 minutes)
3.  Students will copy the definitions of land pollution into their notebooks   from the overhead. (8 minutes) Copies will be available for those who do not   finish.
4.  Students will be introduced to bar graphs and circle graphs on the board   using the same figures.  This will show the students that two types of graphs   can be used to represent the same figures. (5 minutes)
5.  Students will be shown the graph transparency.  Each student will translate   one of the graph's information into a bar graph.(10 minutes)
6.  In groups of four students will take the information from one person's waste   a year on the overhead and make either a line or bar graph. ( 10 minutes)
7.  The answers to the throw away quiz will be discussed the next day.

Assessment: 1.  The students will be given a grade for their individual graphs.  Each   students should clearly show a bar graph using the results of the pie graph   shown.
2.  A group grade will be given for the graph produced in groups.  Each graph   should include the correct information, translation and should be neat.

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