Mission Statement We are college students who are on a mission

to spread the word about recycling throughout Kempton Elementary and the New Bedford community. As the Recycling Rascals, we are here to encourage “Kempton’s little rascals” how to properly recycle, reuse, and reduce paper products. We are eager to make recycling enjoyable and easy to apply to their everyday lives.

Our Goals To increase the awareness of recycling which will be measured

by how many times the recycling bins have to get emptied per month

To get the community involved by getting at least 1 press release in a local newspaper about the efforts we are making at the Kempton school

We would like to feel confidant explaining to other people which products are able to be recycled

We hope to educate not only the students but also their guardians and faculty to recycle when at home not just in the school

To bring all of our skills together and work as one team to complete our project and goals which will result in a good grade

Community Partner

New Bedford’s Kempton Elementary School

K-5th Grade

Team Roles

Book Fair Handed out flyers and recyclable pencils to students and

parents.

Explained our project and answered questions they had

Had a signup sheet for families who needed recycle bins

Community Involvement

Kindergarten Visual Learners

Lesson: Brought in 20+

items and asked if they can/cannot be recycled

Activity: Decorated

maracas

Needed to be structured

Lesson: Played Jeopardy

using simple questions

Activity: Created piggy

banks

1st Grade

Very interested in learning more about recycling

Lesson: Jeopardy game

Activity: Piggy banks

2nd Grade

3rd Grade Very creative when

decorating their CD’s and answering questions

Lesson: Jeopardy game

Activity: Created fish and

other creatures using old recyclable CD’s

4th Grade 5th grade is small so we combined 4th grade

with them

Lesson: Jeopardy game using harder questions

Activity: Ran out of time

Asked the teacher to create a page for a book that we put together to donate to the school

Recycle

Empty out blue bins when filled

Cans

You can save the earth

Community

Landfill

Electricity

By: Devin Ferreira

Small class, combined their weight with the principal

While we waited for the 4th grade we had them create “RECYCLE” acronyms to put into the book

Lesson: Jeopardy game

Activity: Recycle acronyms

Created a page for the book

5th Grade

Popsicles

Recyclable Pencils

Printed Awards

Winner of Contest

Weight Each WeekK 1st

Grade2nd Grade

3rd Grade

4th Grade

5th Grade

Week 1 1 pound

3 pounds

5 pounds

4 pounds

6 pounds

3 pounds

Week 2 3 2 55 88 20 20

Week 3 70 20 73 70 100 29

Week 4

Total:

Graph of Weight

The South Coast Times wrote an article about our project

Sustainability

The Press

Students brining in paper products from home

Newspapers and magazines weigh more than paper

Teachers being more competitive than others

Problems Faced

Made sure everyone had a blue bin in their classroom and at home

Helped the students to become more aware of recycling not only at school but at home as well

Conclusion