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Graphical Abstract
Abstract
A group of third-grade students flocks to the beach behind their school, equipped with rubber gloves, trash bags, and clipboards. Teachers and parent volunteers are interspersed throughout the group, discussing how to divide up the beach areas to collect the most representative data. The students spread out to collect trash that has accumulated on the beach, but instead of just throwing it into the bags, they carefully document what they are collecting: plastic bottles, cigarette butts, fishing line, etc. One student, Ava, keeps a running tally of the trash she and her partner are collecting on her clipboard. The plastic trash categories are divided into beverage bottles, other bottles (e.g., bleach, oil), utensils, bags, and others.
Acknowledgment
This material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation under grant numbers 1530465 and 1451315.
Notes on contributors section
Alexandria Brasili ([email protected]) is research associate at the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance in Augusta, Maine.
Ruth Kermish-Allen ([email protected]) is executive director of the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance in Augusta, Maine.
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Notes on contributors
Alexandria Brasili
Alexandria Brasili ([email protected]) is research associate at the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance in Augusta, Maine.
Ruth Kermish-Allen
Ruth Kermish-Allen ([email protected]) is executive director of the Maine Mathematics and Science Alliance in Augusta, Maine.