Paper Making

Class Description:

Students will learn about the paper making process and its history, then make their own recycled paper.

Total time: 2 hours (plus overnight to dry)
Audience: 6-20 students, 4th grade through adult
Activity level: easy
Travel: none
Total uphill travel: nonr

Outcomes

Upon completion of the Paper Making evening activity students will be able to:

List materials other than tree fiber that make paper.

Explain 2 ways that our paper use affects the environment.

Understand the definitions of renewable and nonrenewable resources.

Judge how some paper products are more friendly to the environment than others.

Show how consumer demand influences the paper industry.

Make recycled paper using a simple process.

Minnesota Graduation Standards

The Paper Making evening activity will provide students with guided practice, in an authentic setting, to support the following Graduations Standards. We have chosen one to three “major focus” standards per grade level. Due to the holistic nature of environmental education, several other standards, not listed here, are addressed as well.

6.2.5 Applies decision-making models to issues involving relationships among individuals, society, and the environment.

Wolf Ridge Curriculum Concepts

• Renewable resources must be used at a sustainable level to remain available. (Natural Resources)
• Humans have a great ability to alter natural systems, and a responsibility to consider the effects of our actions. (Ecosystems)
• Awareness, knowledge and appreciation lead to understanding of our impact.
• A growing human population is making increasing demands on natural resources. (Natural Resources)
• Waste and pollution are by-products of human society.
• Economic and political considerations have an influence on human actions.
• Using renewable resources is more sustainable than using non-renewable resources. (Natural Resources)
  

Classroom Connections*

• Journal page download
• Pre-visit activities
• Post-visit activities
• Links to Paper Making information and activities on the web

*requires Wolf Ridge password