Water Bottle Project - Grade 6

Sixth grade students in Mrs. Baker's, Ms. Clemenzi's, and Mrs. Swanson's classes worked collaboratively on a project-based lesson titled, "Should we stop using disposable water bottles?"  Student groups researched four areas to focus on.  These included health risks, pollution, how is the water inside affected, and how bottles are made.  Some students compared tap water to bottled water and discovered that 59% of bottled water is simply tap water.  Did you know that only one out of six disposable water bottles gets recycled?  That means that five  out of six plastic water bottles ends up in our landfills, waterways, and oceans.