\section{Instruction}

\subsection{Introduction}

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\item Teacher will activate prior knowledge by asking students what recycling means to them. The teacher will remind them that recycling helps protect the environment because without it the world would just become cluttered and we would run out of natural resources.

\item The teacher will then play a video on YouTube that will catch the student’s interest and get a discussion going https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BaFpvO3hq-4

\item When the video is finished, the teacher will ask the students to name different things that can be recycled. The teacher will write each suggestion on the board as they call out items.

\item The teacher will then transition the conversation by asking if the students have ever wondered how paper is made. The teacher will tell students we do get paper from trees, but what about the paper we throw in the recycle bin every day. Think about all that paper that gets put in the recycle bin just in this school alone.

\item \textbf{Explanation of how paper is recycled:} The teacher will then explain how paper is recycled and the students get to make their very own paper today.

“All of this pulp in this bag (teacher holds up pulp), was made from the paper all of you have been putting in the recycle bin the past couple weeks. All you have to do is collect your used paper and put it in a blender. Big industries that recycle paper daily have a very big machine that shreds the paper into tiny little pieces. That is what I did with my blender. From here, all you need is the tools I have laid out on this table in front of me (teacher will hold up each one and place in correct position for making paper). My first tool is a bucket. This will catch the water. My second tool is a windowed frame, and I will put this onto of the bucket. This piece is a thin strainer, you can’t even see the holes. It lets the water go through but keeps pulp to collect back onto paper. Now this clear plastic window tool goes on the very top of our tower we just made. This will hold the pulp in place to form the shape. Now watch me go through this all the way and then we do one together (teacher will begin showing students as she talks out loud). I am going to take 2 scoops of pulp of and put this in this red cup. Then I am going to fill it up with water a little over halfway. Take your spoon and immediately start mixing to a creamy consistency, make sure you mix until you’re ready to pour or the pulp will settle back at the bottom (teacher will walk around while mixing to show students cup). Next pour this mix into the top of our tower in the clear window, let out and move the cup around so it doesn’t just fall in one area, you want it as even as possible. Let the water stop dripping and gently remove the clear window. Put the window screen over the pulp and gently pat with a sponge to mop up excess water. Put the blotting paper over it like so and flip over so the pulp is laying on the blotting paper. Put the window screen back over the pulp and press down to soak up excess water and flatten then paper you just made. That’s all there is to it! Set aside to let it dry now.”
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\subsection{Model activity}

The teacher will make a piece of paper step by step having the class follow his/her every move.