Our New and FINAL plan

We had a crazy few days. Mostly because we rewired our whole project AGAIN. It is my understanding that we will be teaching either 3rd or 4th graders about recycling while they are making something individually out of recycled materials. We had a few ideas about that. the only problem is that we need materials. We have to figure out how to get  supplies for 75 kids! WE have either cancelled or postponed our weekly recycling pick ups because we failed to be prepared for that. We are still doing the paper drive as planned and we have ways to make sure people know about it already going on.

We are doing a different contest just with one or two grades. We want them to recycle as much as they can without bringing stuff from home. That means they will have to learn what to recycle from the things in their lunch, and the things in their everyday lives at school. The winning classroom will get to plant a tree no the Vanguard Charter Academy school grounds. We had a slight problem. WE were going to do a different contest and we were really excited about it. So, we wrote a letter to the teachers who would participate explaining what it was. But, then we changed our minds and before we could recall the papers the teachers had already all read the papers. there will be some confused 3rd and 4th grade teachers soon. OOPS!!

This is what we are hoping to do with the kids. http://img.ehowcdn.com/article-new/ehow/images/a04/hp/ot/making-plastic-bottle-animals-800x800.jpg