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Is there Treasure in Trash?

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More people, more garbage! Young environmentalists graph population growth against the amount of garbage generated per year and find a linear model that best fits the data. This is an older resource that could benefit from more recent data but it still contains a number of interesting extensions and discussion questions. 

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recycling, line of best fit, correlation, linear modeling, linear, scatter plots, graphs, slope

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best fit line, recycling, scatter plot, slope, linear model, math
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Grade
7th - 10th
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Math
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Duration
2 hrs
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Inquiry-Based Learning
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