Cleaning Up and Making Paper
4/12/2019
This week we wrapped up our Recycling Study by talking about how we can make less trash. We discussed reusing items, making old items into new things, donating items that we no longer need, and having items that are meant to be used over and over again. We talked about how some things we eat make no trash like carrots, tomatoes, and potatoes. Then we compared these items to things we eat that do make trash like yogurt, granola bars, and juice. On Tuesday we went on a "litter walk" around school cleaning up all the trash on the ground. In the mornings the students have been eager to tell me about trash they saw littered on the ground and how it should be cleaned up. Our litter clean up walk gave us a chance to pick up this trash and take part in making our community a better place. On our field trip last week, Mr. Randy at the recycling center spoke to us about the process that a paper recycling factory uses to turn old paper into new paper. This week we looked at books and a video to further investigate this process. We then mimicked that process in class to make their own recycled paper. We tore, mushed, and squished shredded paper with warm water to make paper pulp. The paper pulp sat for a few days to allow the paper fibers to become suspended in the water. We then used a screen to gently spread the paper pulp slurry evenly and drain off the water. Next we rolled and pushed the water out of what will be the new paper. We had enough pulp left that we decided to try and make one giant piece of paper. We will let our paper dry over the weekend before writing on it.
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