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Fourth Grade

Science: Edible Landfills

Learning all about the environment includes learning about how landfills are constructed to be environmentally safe. But...did you ever think that you would be able to eat one?

The first layer of the landfill is made of clay and that is the pie tin. The crust is the liner and chocolate pudding covers that as a layer of soil.

 The licorice serves as the leachate pipe. Leachate pipes remove the methane from the landfill.

Licorice sticks represent the leachate venting methane pipes.  The third addition to the landfill is vanilla pudding acting as the sand and gravel mixed

Adding the sand and gravel.

Everyone works together and then the landfill does too. with chocolate chips, Skittles, marshmallows, etc. representing the garbage. Last, but not least, is the chocolate pudding, that serves as the top soil covering the entire landfill.  YUMMY!
Photos taken by Webographer Gabbi

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