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

3rd Grade: Winner of Contest•Popsicles

•Donated Recycling Book

•Stickers

•Recyclable Pencils

•Printed Awards

Weight Each WeekK 1st

Grade2nd

Grade3rd

Grade4th

Grade5th

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 10 6 50 90 100 10

Total: 84 31 183 252 226 62

KEMPTON’S LITTLE RASCAL

RECYCLED 838 POUNDS!

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The Standard Times

wrote an article about

our project

Sustainability

Article: A team effort:

UMD students bring

recycling project to

New Bedford school

Published: November

20, 2012

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