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