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[|Coco Muir 8-4] [|This is the our Voice Thread] For this project Mr. Keilty explained to the class that the students were to come up with a project that could alter the ways of CCDS for the better of the planet. So, an idea that popped into mind was that a group measures the amount of recyclables that end up in the trash, and see if the amount could be improved. When someone throws away a plastic bottle they don't think about the long term effect of not recycling; the experiment's purpose is to change the way people think of reusing by making it more convenient and easy for someone to recycle. This in turn will prevent unnecessary recyclables that end up in trash bins and, later on, landfills. If recycling bins are put around the football/ soccer field and playground then the number recyclables in the trash will decrease. 1.Go to football field with Cal. 2. Look for any recyclable items in trash. 3. Record data (ammount of recyclables in trash cans). 4. Find areas on the field that are convenient for spectators or participants of the sports to place recycling bins. 5. Get permission to place recycling bins in these areas. 6. Wait a week and check recycling bins, trash cans, and field for any improvement of recycling. 7. Record the changes in the trash cans and recylcing. 8. Compare data from begining of project to the end of the project's data. Independent Variable: Recycling bins Dependent Variable: The amount of trashed recyclables Control Group: Trash (before recycling bins) Experimental Group: Trash cans (after recycling bin) __**Safety Concerns**__ __**Safety Guidelines:**__ 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, 8, 14, 17, 18, 23, 26, 45, 53 __**Materials:**__ 1. Computer 2. Pencils 3. Recycling bins 4. Clip-board
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 * Trash bins may have broken class
 * Be careful for animals living in trash bins

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My graph shows that over time recyclables in the trash can will decrease when we placed recycling bins by the trash cans.

__**Conclusion:**__ In this project our hypothesis was supported. It was supported because when we placed the recycling bins by and around the athletic fields the amount of recycled items increased, while the amount of recyclables in the trash decreased. While conducting this experiment there weren't many problems. But, there was one significant problem, and that was placement of the recycling bins. This was an error because some of the bins might not have been placed in areas where many students pass,whereas could have been placed in more remote areas, which in turn could have affected the amount of total recyclables in both the trash and recycling bins. This error would be categorized as an experimental error because it wasn't the fault of how we carried out the procedure, but rather how we designed the procedure. When collecting this data we we had problems organizing our group because we thought that we would split up by fields and just collect data ourselves but we soon realized that we had to collect data together as one big group. We also had to face the obstacle of the maintenance crew; we had to make sure that they did not feel inclined to throw our our recycling (that would interfere with our data collection).A solution to what our data concluded is to place recycling bins by or close to the athletic fields.