Resources for Activity 52: A Look at Aluminum

"I learned that it takes up a lot of energy to melt aluminum." – Riverside Middle School Student

Student Page
The Making of an Aluminum Can

Urban and Community Forestry Website Connections
www.plt.org/cms/urbanforestry

Additional Resources
Aluminum Recycling Information

Photographs related to trash, recycling, and consumption by Edward Burtynsky. At the website, click on “Statement/CV” for the artist’s statement about his artwork, and under “Works,” click on “Urban Mines” for relevant photographs.

EPA tools let computer users "see" air quality information on a virtual globe:
Go to the Air Emissions Sources Web site: www.epa.gov/air/emissions
View information in Google Earth format about which facilities emit any of six common pollutants: http://www.epa.gov/air/emissions/where.htm 
See AQI forecasts and current conditions: www.airnow.gov
View air quality information in Google Earth format: http://airnow.gov/index.cfm?action=google_earth.main
EPA is also using the Google Earth platform to display Acid Rain Program data: http://epa.gov/airmarkets/progress/interactivemapping.html 

Earth & Sky Radio Correlations
This activity can be supplemented with related Earth & Sky radio shows that you can download for use in your classroom. Learn about the PLT and Earth & Sky Initiative.

Related Earth & Sky Shows:
- Jeremy O’Brien on Why Some Items Can be Recycled, but Others Not  (2008)  
- The Economics of Recycling Everything (2009)