"RECYCLING "
The recycling and reuse laboratory
Educational objectives of the laboratory
The general objective of the project is to guide and educate the pupil / citizen to acquire correct habits and behaviors for the promotion of separate collection of waste in the home and the reuse, recovery and recycling of the same.
To achieve this goal, the project envisages the active involvement of young people in the separate collection of materials necessary to make the activity concrete.
Furthermore, in the form of a game, they will be made responsible and motivated to make environmental conservation (energy and water saving, respect for natural environments, separate collection) and recovery a practice.
Finally, the project activities include the creation of artistic artefacts, as every educational intervention must not remain a sterile attempt to modify behavior, but must be engaging, realistic, participatory and rewarding.
We will recycle the objects and transform them into new and artistic objects. The boys they will have fun and learn to distinguish the materials that make up the objects used every day and to divide them in a way that responds to the criteria of separate waste collection and with creativity they will realize their ideas.
Activities
The project includes:
- A first informative part on the topic of waste;
- A manual workshop in which pupils will be encouraged to reuse and recycle various materials. The methodology for discovery, research, direct observation, classification, comparison, generalization, are the methods of knowledge of waste materials and recycling necessary for the realization of the project.
- The cooperative work, in small groups, involving, spontaneous and creative will lead to a reasoned and aware doing.
- The creation of small works of art of recycling: ornaments, bags, newspaper racks, jewelry boxes, trays, fruit bowls, flower boxes, pencil holders, necklaces, bracelets etc.
During the activities, photos will be taken to remember the experience and finally there will be an exhibition of the manufactured products.
Practical information
The workshop has a total duration of 4 hours which are divided as follows:
The "welcome" module lasts 15 minutes,
has the purpose of "breaking the ice" for this purpose there will be organized presentation games;
the laboratory module has a duration of 2 hours,
in this module will be made, objects made with recycled materials in order to develop and give vent to the creativity of children and improve in teamwork;
The "debriefing" module lasts 45 minutes,
this is the most important phase of the activity, the moment in which the group takes stock of the situation on the activities carried out and metabolizes the teachings and elaborates the methods of transferring the skills acquired with reality;
the "information and education" module lasts 1 hour, includes a power point presentation describing the current state of climate change, analyzes the causes, clarifies what happens if no action is taken, indicates the "good and bad" news related to the topic of pollution and finally offers suggestions of good practices.
There is also a 10-minute break between one activity and another and the help of a facilitator who will follow the group during all phases.
Costs
half day € 6 (including the snack offered by us) including all the activities described above.
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