A solid waste landfill siting exercise for an introductory environmental geology course
Swanson S.K.; Bahr J.M.; Wilcox J.D.
2006
Journal of Geoscience Education
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10.5408/1089-9995-54.4.458
A solid waste landfill siting exercise has been developed for an introductory environmental geology course. Students are asked to site a country landfill using the actual state guidelines developed and enforced by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The students work in small groups and synthesize information from a variety of resources, including maps of geology, hydrology, land use, and topography. After choosing a site, students explain the benefits and drawbacks of the chosen location in oral and written formats. The exercise asks students to draw on a variety of topics and skills explored earlier in the term and to apply them to a real-world environmental problem. It has been successfully implemented as a capstone project at a liberal arts college and a large public institution.
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