Super Saver Investigators: An Elementary, Interdisciplinary, Environmental Studies Activity Guidebook about Solid Waste and Natural Resources.

This is an elementary, interdisciplinary, environmental studies activity guidebook about solid waste and natural resources. "Super Saver Investigators" what solid waste is, where it is generated, how we manage it and could manage it better, and the consequence of mismanagement. It contains many hands-on, skill enhancing activities for elementary students. Reference indexes and a glossary are provided. Chapters included are: (1) "The Matter of Wastes"; (2) "People and Wastes"; (3) "Nature's Way with Wastes" (4) "Technology and Waste"; (5) "Recycling and Saving Resources"; (6) "Waste Out of Place"; (7) "Unnatural Hazards in Nature"; (8) "Hazards in the Built Environment"; (9) "Waste Age Choices"; (10) "Waste and Wasteful Habits"; (11) "Getting Out the Message"; (12) "Reuse Enterprises"; (13) "Work, Waste, and Money"; (14) "Machines to the Rescue"; and (15) "Citizens to the Rescue." (YP)