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__//** Managing Waste on The Athletic Fields By: Henry Davis Section- 4 Date- 3/4/10 **//__

In this experiment we are testing if putting recycling bins by the trash cans will change the amount of recyclables thrown away. I think that putting the recycling bins by the trash cans will decrease the amount of recyclables thrown away because many times the reason people don't recycle things is because either the recycling bins are far away or not there at all. If we place the bins by the trash cans people are going to not mind recycling.
 * Introduction:**

1. 4 Recycling Bins 2. 3 Trash Bags 4. 4 Signs for the bins 5. Tape
 * Materials:**

1. Gather Materials 2. Go look around the tennis courts and the lacrosse fields with Will, Joey, and Blanton. 3. Count the amount of recyclables in the trash cans and look around for places with recyclable materials. 4. Get permission to place recycling bins where we choose. 5. Place the bins next to trash bins in places that would be convenient for athletes and spectators 6. Wait a week. 7. Go back out to the field/courts weigh the amount of recyclables in the trash cans. 8. Compare the data collected from the data collected at the beginning. 9. Collect and Record Data 10. Inform student body of our findings.
 * Procedure:**

__Groups:__ Control Group- Recycling bins Experimental Group- The amount of trashed recyclables Independent Variable- Trash cans (before recycling bins) Dependent Variable- Trash cans (after recycling bins)

__Safety Precessions__ 1. getting sick from biological waste (guideline #29) 2. 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 14, 17, 18, 23, 26, 45, 53


 * Data:**


 * || Recyclables in Track Recycling Bin || Recyclables in Playground Recycling Bin || Ammount of Recyclables in Baseball Field Recycling Bin || Recycleables in Upper Court Right Recycling Bin || Recycleables in Upper Court Left Recycling Bin || Recycleables in Lower Court Right Recycling Bin || Recyclabes in Lower Court Left Recycling Bin || TOTAL Recycled ||
 * Assesment Day (Wednesday, Febuary 17th) || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 || 0 ||  ||
 * Day 1 (Thursday, Febuary 18th) || 1 || 2 || 0 || 4 || 3 || 0 || 4 || 14 ||
 * Day 2 (Friday, Febuary 19th) || 3 || 3 || 0 || 6 || 4 || 1 || 4 || 21 ||
 * Day7 (Wednesday, Febuary 24th) || 6 || 9 || 0 || 2 || 8 || 4 || 1 || 30 ||
 * Day 9 (Friday Febuary 26th) || 1 || 9 || 2 || 3 || 6 || 3 || 2 || 26 ||
 * || Recyclables in Track Trash || Recyclables in Playground Trash || Recyclables in Baseball Field Trash || Recycleables in Upper Court Right Trash || Recycleables in Upper Court Right Trash || Recyclables in Lower Court Right Trash || Recyclables in Lower Court Left Trash || TOTAL Trashed ||
 * Assesment Day (Wednesday, Febuary 17th) || 3 || 5 || 2 || 3 || 12 || 0 || 2 || 27 ||
 * Day 1 (Thursday, Febuary 18th) || 4 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 3 || 18 ||
 * Day 2 (Friday, Febuary 19th) || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 8 ||
 * Day 1 (Thursday, Febuary 18th) || 4 || 4 || 0 || 1 || 5 || 1 || 3 || 18 ||
 * Day 2 (Friday, Febuary 19th) || 2 || 2 || 0 || 0 || 2 || 1 || 1 || 8 ||


 * Analysis:

** If you look at our graph you can tell on our first day the amount of recyclables in the trash cans were very high, but when the recycling bins were put in place the recyclables in the trash slowly began to decrease as the amount of recyclables began to increase. At times the recyclables thrown away went up a little, but that did not have a large effect on our conclusion.

In our experiment our hypothesis was supported. We said that if you put recycling bins by the trash cans then the number of recyclables thrown away will decrease and the amount of recyclables recycled will increase. You can tell from the graph above this hypothesis was clearly supported. Because of the size of our group we had many problems with our experiment. A human error we faced was at the start, each field we were looking at were doing slightly different procedures. An experimental error we encountered was when we made our first graph it was nearly impossible to read, so another one had to be created.Some challenges our group faced while doing this experiment was communicating and making sure we were all on the same page. Our group contained 10 students. From those ten students we broke it down into three smaller groups.One group measured trash at the baseball fields, one measured trash at the soccer/football field, and my small group measured trash at the tennis and lacrosse fields. During the experiment each group was branching out on there own, so our biggest problem was making sure all three smaller groups communicated. From our experimant some solutions we could propose are if out by the athletic fields and all around campus recycling bins are placed beside every trash can than the number of recyclables thrown away will decrease significantly and the number of items recycled will increase. These findings are very important in making sur our school does its part in staying green and making our planet clean.
 * Conclusion:

Voice Thread:** [|Here is our groups voice thread we put together to share our findings for this project.]