8+Science+4+Fletcher's+MSW+Project

Recently in science class we have been learning about municipal solid waste (MSW). After learning about MSW our science teacher asigned us a project in witch we are suppose to collect MSW from the baseball team and see if it is worthy of putting a recycling bin out and if they would acutally us it. My hypothesis was if we place a recycling bin in a eneffichant spot when a trash can is closer then less people less people will use it because they are to lazy to use the recycling bin and just put there trash in the trash can.
 * Introduction:**


 * Materials:**
 * 1 trash can
 * 1 recycling bin


 * SafetyConcerns and Guideline to Fallow:**
 * getting cut from sharp objects in waste (guideline #21)
 * getting sick biological waste (guideline #29)


 * Procedure:**
 * 1) go place trash cans in a convenant spot out at the baseball field
 * 2) collect the trash after practice
 * 3) compare trash to other groups sports and record data
 * 4) the next day put out a recycling bin far away from the trash can
 * 5) collect trash after practice
 * 6) compare trash to other groups sports and record data
 * 7) repeat steps 4-6 but move recycling bin closer and closer each day

Experimental group: recycling bins away from the trash can Control group: recycling bin next to trash can Independent variable: amount of recycleables in the trash can Dependent Variable: amout of recyceables in recycling bin.


 * 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 ||
 * Day7 (Wednesday, Febuary 24th) || 6 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 0 || 19 ||
 * Day 9 (Friday Febuary 26th) || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 7 ||
 * Day7 (Wednesday, Febuary 24th) || 6 || 0 || 3 || 3 || 4 || 3 || 0 || 19 ||
 * Day 9 (Friday Febuary 26th) || 3 || 0 || 1 || 0 || 1 || 2 || 0 || 7 ||

The goal of thisgraph is to show how when you move the recycling bins closer to trash can that more things will get put in the recycling bin then they would farther from the trash can. You can cleary see here when you start to move the recycling bin closer the amout of trash decreases and the amount of recyclables increases.
 * Analysis:**[[image:8science4hdavis14MSW.JPG width="800" height="600"]]

In this experiment my hypothosis was supported because when we moved the recycling bin closer to the trash can more recycleables were collected in the recycling bin then the trash can. Like many other experiments are's had its flaws. some of these flaw were due to experimental errors. one of the experimental errors was that we didn't have the baseball team have the same waste every day. A problem with this could be that there was more recycleables one day then the other so more recycleables ended up in the recycling bins or trash cans on one day. A solution to this would to be to give the baseball team the same thing to eat every day so that the data could not be affected by different amouts of MSW every day. Some of the challenges collecting data was comincating with the other groups on what there hypothosis was and what data they were collecting. A solution to this would be to sit down with every one before we get started on anything and discuss on what are hypothsis is going to be and what we are collecting in are data.
 * Conclusion:**

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