The Problem
We throw away so many used crayons. We want to recycle those crayons into new usable ones.
Our Plan
We want to collect broken crayons and turn them into new crayons
Themes Addressed
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Community
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Kindness
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Recycle
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The Benefit
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People
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Environment
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Here is how the project went:
We collected, cleaned and sorted over 30lbs of crayons to make new crayons that we distributed to several schools in Brooklyn.
Through this project I/we learned:
We learned recycling is easy and can make other happy.
What I/we might change:
Enlist the help of teachers who at the end of the school year throw away so much stuff.
My/our favorite part of this project was:
Seeing the kindergartners faces when they got a new crayon
Some tips, tricks or fun facts about the project:
It takes about 8 broken crayons to make one new crayon in the molds we used