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Science Fair Fun: Designing Environmental Science Projects

This booklet is a step-by-step guide to help you design an exciting science fair project that focuses on the 3Rs of waste management—reduce, reuse, and recycle. Use your science fair project to show how the 3Rs lead to resource conservation.

There are sample projects in this booklet, which also contains a list of useful resources to help make your project a winner!

Check out other resources for students and teachers on reducing, reusing and recycling.

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