1	Smith School Junk Mail Project Andy Graziano
2	What’s Going On Students will explore the issue of recycling through the study of junk mail. How much junk mail does your home receive each day? How much in a month? How much in 2?
3	"Students will track the amount..." Students will track the amount of junk mail that they receive and graph their findings to help understand the impact of junk mail on our environment.
4	"STANDARD 5.3 (MATHEMATICAL APPLICATIONS" STANDARD 5.3 (MATHEMATICAL APPLICATIONS) ALL STUDENTS WILL INTEGRATE MATHEMATICS AS A TOOL FOR PROBLEM-SOLVING IN SCIENCE, AND AS A MEANS OF EXPRESSING AND/OR MODELING SCIENTIFIC THEORIES.‘ By the end of Grade 4, students will: A. Numerical Operations Determine the reasonableness of estimates, measurements, and computations of quantities when doing science. Recognize and comprehend the orders of magnitude associated with large and small physical quantities. Express quantities using appropriate number formats, such as: integers. fractions. B. Geometry and Measurement Select appropriate measuring instruments based on the degree of precision required. Use a variety of measuring instruments and record measured quantities using the appropriate units. C. Patterns and Algebra Identify patterns when observing the natural and constructed world. D. Data Analysis and Probability Use tables and graphs to represent and interpret data.
5	"Students will collect the junk..." Students will collect the junk mail that they receive at home each day. Mail will be sorted into boxes at school by the industry or organization from where it was sent. Stores, catalogs, political and legal are some possible categories. Students will add boxes as new categories emerge. How much junk mail do we receive each day? See how fast it accumulates. Calculate how much you may receive in a year. How much in the next 20 years if nothing changes. How many trees will it take?
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13	"http://www.howstuffworks.com/question16.htm" http://www.howstuffworks.com/question16.htm http://www.wipapercouncil.org/fun3.htm http://www.privacyrights.org/fs/fs4-junk.htm http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Direct_mail
14	"A pulpwood cord is a..." A pulpwood cord is a stack of logs four feet tall, four feet deep and eight feet long (4 x 4 x 8) The following list identifies the following yields from a "generic" cord of wood: 12 dining room table sets (seating eight) 250 copies of the Sunday New York Times 942 one-pound books 4,000 one-gallon milk containers 61,370 standard (#10) envelopes 4,384,000 postage stamps 7,500,000 toothpicks