Material development for environmental education

Abstract

Garbage is a real enemy to the government and society. The number of floods in the area around the river Citarum, West Java, Indonesia, a periodic disaster that always occurs in the rainy season is believed to be caused by the amount of waste into the river. Lack of understanding of the community around the river, bad waste management, and the lack of waste processing equipment are heap factor in the river Citarum. This research uses research and development methods to develop project-based teaching materials with science, technology, engineering, and mathematics approach in environmental education. Material for environmental education has been developed through experiments by burning several types of garbage and measure the carbon monoxide it produces. The result of this research is the model of environmental education in handling garbage with project-based-learning model for elementary school student teachers.