Recycling Paper

On Monday morning, these kindergarten scientists got right to work recycling paper.  We successfully made new paper from old paper.

   

   

We tore some single ply toilet tissue into small pieces and put them into a small, plastic bottle.  Next we added water to the bottle and shook it up for 10 minutes.  This helped us make paper pulp.

   

Then we strained the pulp by pouring it through a screen.  The water went through and the pulp stayed on the screen.

   

After that, we squished the water out of the pulp using our fingers, another screen and a sponge.

   

   

Next we carefully peeled the new paper off of the screen and placed it on newspaper.  We used the plastic bottle as a roller to roll on the new paper to squeeze out even more water.  This worked well because newsprint is super absorbent!

   

Last, we placed the new paper on some wax paper and put it out to dry.  When we finished, it was time for these scientists to clean up.  They are amazing helpers!

   

Here is a sample of our finished product...

...we had fun while we learned about recycling paper!