Modeling a Sanitary Landfill

Today, you will build a model of a sanitary landfill. Use page 485 as your guide. There are projects from last year to use as well.

Before you can build you need to write:

Introduction -- a good intro includes:

• A purpose statement (Look to the LO)
• Three supporting details (Remember to cite your text...According to...)
• A hypothesis that logically follows the details (look at the rubric for how to write this) 

 While you are building you need to write:

A materials list (look at the model)

A procedure (make sure your layers are right!)

A couple of important things to consider:

• you need to use a probe and the burner in the back of the room (vent hood) to make holes in your bottle lid. 
• you need to 10 mL of water in the bottom for groundwater.

• you need to put 5 drops of dye on top to prove that you don't have any leachate leakage. 

Lab report rubric.

Name: _____________________________ Lab: _____________________________ 4		3		2		1		0
Introduction	Background information is researched and cited. Hypothesis is stated in "If…then…" format and explained.		Background information is researched and cited. Hypothesis is stated but not explained and not in "If…then…" format.		Background information is vague or brief. Hypothesis is stated but not explained and not in "If…then…" format.		Background is vague or brief, hypothesis is vague, or background or hypothesis is missing.		No introduction is presented.
Materials and methods	Materials and amounts are identified. Steps are easy to follow and in paragraph form.		Materials are mentioned but without amounts. Steps are easy to follow and in paragraph form.		Materials are mentioned but without amounts. Steps are vague but in paragraph form.		Doesn’t provide enough information to represent an experimental procedure.		No materials or methods described.
Data	Data is complete and relevant. Tables are easy to read and units are provided. Graphs are labeled and show trends. Questions are answered completely and correctly.		One component of data incomplete: ___Tables ___Graphs ___Questions		Two components of data incomplete or one missing: ___Tables ___Graphs ___Questions		Data is brief and missing significant pieces of information.		No data reported.
Conclusion	Conclusion summarizes experiment, cites data, addresses hypothesis, and cites sources of error.		One component of conclusion missing: ___Summary ___Data ___Hypothesis ___Errors		Two components of conclusion missing: ___Summary ___Data ___Hypothesis ___Errors		Conclusion is brief and is missing significant pieces of information.		No conclusion present.
Report quality	Report is well organized and		Report is well organized and		Report is somewhat organized with some		Report contains many errors.		No attention to detail evident.