{"id":38,"date":"2008-04-22T16:11:31","date_gmt":"2008-04-23T00:11:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/?p=38"},"modified":"2016-04-23T06:19:36","modified_gmt":"2016-04-23T14:19:36","slug":"re-cycle-re-use-make-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/re-cycle-re-use-make-paper\/","title":{"rendered":"Project 3: &#8220;Recycle, Reuse, Make Paper&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Title: Recycle, Reuse, Make Paper<\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Paper-making Setup\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3154_small.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3154_small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Paper-making Setup\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial';\"><strong>Introduction:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Date: May 31 &#8211; June 1, 2008<br \/>\nPaper is a very unique thing in our world because we use it every day. The Chinese invented paper a long time ago. Paper can be used in many ways like turning into fortune-tellers and doing origami. You can draw on it, print on it, you can use for a wrapping a present. Paper is used for wrapping food: pizzas, Chinese food take-out, Big Macs, groceries, ice cream cones, candy, cookies. Books are made out of paper, so is your homework.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial';\"><strong>Question:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Can paper be made from different things and how can recycled paper be turned into other kinds of paper.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial';\"><strong>Hypothesis:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>I think that paper can be recycled in a fun way.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial';\"><strong>Experiment:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>1. Make Pulp.<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 509px; height: 180px;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"Blender Pulp Maker\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3159_small.jpg\"><\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Blender Pulp Maker\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3159_small.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3159_small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Blender Pulp Maker\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Making Pulp\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3160_small.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Making Pulp\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3160_small.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3160_small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Making Pulp\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Making Pulp with a Kitchen Blender\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3164_small.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Making Pulp with a Kitchen Blender\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3164_small.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3164_small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Making Pulp with a Kitchen Blender\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">Kitchen Blender<br \/>\nPulp Maker<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Loading Blender with<br \/>\nPaper Stock<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">Making Pulp<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>2. Pull paper pulp up with mould and deckle<\/p>\n<h1><a href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3224_small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-72\" title=\"Drawing Pulp\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3224_small-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"122\" height=\"160\" \/><\/a><\/h1>\n<p>3. Couch the paper pulp onto a felt blanket&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Couching\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3161_small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3161_small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Couching\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Couching (&#8220;cooching&#8221;)&#8230;<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 349px; height: 180px;\" border=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"Success!\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3163_small.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Success!\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3163_small.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3163_small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Success!\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"More Success!\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3166_small.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"More Success!\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3166_small.jpg\"><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3166_small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"More Success!\" align=\"left\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"left\">First success!<\/td>\n<td align=\"left\">More success&#8230;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a title=\"Cleaning Up\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3167_small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3167_small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Cleaning Up\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Cleaning Up<\/p>\n<p>4. Let the wet paper sheet dry overnight with a fan<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial';\"><strong>Equipment Used:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Blender<\/li>\n<li>Mould and deckle<\/li>\n<li>A tub or a basin<\/li>\n<li>Liquid starch<\/li>\n<li>Small felt blankets<\/li>\n<li>Used paper: egg cartons, rice paper, used computer paper<\/li>\n<li>Inclusions: crumpled onion skin, dried flowers, leaves, glitter, mulberry fibers<\/li>\n<li>Water<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial';\"><strong>Results:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a title=\"Final Products\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3175_small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3175_small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Final Products\" \/> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Final Result<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 509px; height: 180px;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"2\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"Handmade Paper 01\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3206_small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3206_small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Handmade Paper 01\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Handmade Paper 02\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3208_small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3208_small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Handmade Paper 02\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Handmade Paper 03\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3213_small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3213_small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Handmade Paper 03\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td><a title=\"Handmade Paper 04\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3214_small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3214_small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Handmade Paper 04\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Handmade Paper 05\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3217_small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3217_small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Handmade Paper 05\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<td><a title=\"Handmade Paper 06\" href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3219_small.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img_3219_small.thumbnail.jpg\" alt=\"Handmade Paper 06\" \/><\/a><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial';\"><strong>What I Learned (Conclusion):<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Paper can be made out of different things and that paper can be made with different colors, textures and prints. Paper can be recycled into other kinds of paper in a fun way.<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial';\"><strong>In Class Demo:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p>Amelia conducted a demonstration of papermaking for her 2nd grade class.  Amelia had made by hand a paper piece for each of her classmates (17 students) and one each for her teacher and the teacher&#8217;s aide.   Her demo was well executed and went very smoothly.  Excellent job!  Yay!<\/p>\n<table style=\"width: 509px; height: 180px;\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"3\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img00294_small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-82\" title=\"DemoSetup\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img00294_small-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Setup Papermaking Demo\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img00295_small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-85\" title=\"PapermakingDemo\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img00295_small-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Papermaking Demonstration\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img00296_small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-86\" title=\"PouringPaperPulp\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img00296_small-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Pouring Paper Pulp Into The Mould and Deckle\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">Demo Set-up<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">Papermaking Demo<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">Pouring Paper Pulp Into<br \/> The Mould and Deckle<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img00297_small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-87\" title=\"RedStripe\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img00297_small-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Red Stripe Paper Construction\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">\n<a href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img00298_small.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-83\" title=\"MeasuringPulp\" src=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img00298_small-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Measuring Pulp Before Putting It Into the Mould\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a>\n<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td align=\"center\">Red Stripe Construction<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">Measuring<br \/>Pulp<\/td>\n<td align=\"center\">&nbsp;<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img00295.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img00296.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img00297.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-content\/uploads\/2008\/06\/img00298.jpg\"><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-family: 'Arial';\"><strong>References and Supplies:<\/strong><\/span><\/h2>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tutorials.com\/06\/0697\/0697.asp\">http:\/\/www.tutorials.com\/06\/0697\/0697.asp<\/a><br \/>\n<a title=\"Twinrocker\" href=\"http:\/\/www.twinrocker.com\/\">http:\/\/www.twinrocker.com\/<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.conservatree.org\/learn\/Papermaking\/History.shtml\">http:\/\/www.conservatree.org\/learn\/Papermaking\/History.shtml<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.arnoldgrummer.com\/index.cfm\">http:\/\/www.arnoldgrummer.com\/index.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Title: Recycle, Reuse, Make Paper Introduction: Date: May 31 &#8211; June 1, 2008 Paper is a very unique thing in our world because we use it every day. The Chinese invented paper a long time ago. Paper can be used in many ways like turning into fortune-tellers and doing origami. You can draw on it, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/re-cycle-re-use-make-paper\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Project 3: &#8220;Recycle, Reuse, Make Paper&#8221;<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,13,6,3],"tags":[216,268,213,238],"class_list":["post-38","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-2nd-grade","category-art","category-projects","category-school","tag-escondido","tag-paper-making","tag-science-project","tag-stem"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6697,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38\/revisions\/6697"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.mightyelephant.com\/ams\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}