Reduce- Reuse-beautify

  • Location
    Ridgewood, New York
  • Status
    Complete
  • Age Level
    8 to 10 Years
  • Project created by MrsA

The Problem

Reduce waste and pollution.

Our Plan

We are planning on creating a mural using recycled bottle caps.

Themes Addressed

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    Advocacy
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    Arts
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    Climate Change
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    Sustainability

The Benefit

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    People
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    Environment

Here is how the project went:

It was difficult to find a source for the plexiglass and longer than expected to collect/sort bottle caps.

Through this project I/we learned:

Through this project students learned how to communicate and work together.

What I/we might change:

Probably not. It took about 2 years to collect all the bottle caps we needed.

My/our favorite part of this project was:

Seeing the finished project. It is still not hung up outside yet, but will be soon.

Some tips, tricks or fun facts about the project:

Creating a plan before we started the project and finding the right people to help us out. We relied on parent involvement to complete the project.

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