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Teacher Resources

If you would like to teach your own students more about engineering applications as they relate to integrating solid waste into a concrete product, you are free to explore and use the materials we have developed. Two versions are included, one that is 20 lessons long and a more abreviated version containing only 14 lessons. Contact us for questions relating to this material.

Download the free software, Acrobat Reader, from Adobe to view and print the lesson plans:

click here for
20-Lesson Unit

click here for
14-Lesson Unit

Additional Teacher Resource Materials:

pdf files:
Concrete Production, Testing, and Product Manufacture
Forces and Stress
Marketing your Product
Multi-criteria Decision Making

Powerpoint files:
Concrete Basics
Products out of Concrete
Aggregate Properties
Concrete under Force

Link to Municipal Solid Waste in the United States: 2001 Facts and Figures, EPA530-R-03-011, Office of Solid Waste and Emergency Response (5305W), October 2003.