Making Paper

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Description: This lesson provides a reading passage about the career of Laurence Brown, a Navajo chemical engineer. It introduces students to the the field of chemical engineering and terms associated with chemistry. It explains that a solution is the mixture of two or more substances, one of which is dissolved in the other. Students will learn the process of recycling paper from old newspaper. This activity may be done in cooperative groups of four. Students discuss the process they are performing. What are the necessary ingredients for recycling? Is recycling necessary? Why or why not? What reasons are there for humans to take care of this planet?

Author: Ivadene Dhority
Series: Earth's Caretakers
Publisher: Bob Isaacson
Publisher Email: isaacson@busboy.sped.ukans.edu
Zip Code: 66045
Created: 07/19/96
Grades: 7, 8, 9
Tribes: Navajo
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Content Areas: Science
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Availability: Four Directions



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