Spire Crier -- Feb 2015

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Recycling projects planned for fifth grade By Nina Chehab Have you ever seen a bottle cap or straw wrapper on the floor? Have you ever seen plastic bags in the ocean or trash on the ground? Well, that all revolves around our reason for recycling. Recycling is a way of preventing the world from becoming an unhealthy and ugly place. What are some things that you can recycle? There is a variety. You can recycle newspapers, bottle caps, plastic bags, plastic water bottles, cardboard, paper, even glass and tinfoil. What happens to the things you recycle? Everything that is recyclable you have to put in a recycling bin. All those things can be turned into totally different items. If you think that creating things out of recycled material is awesome, there is special news. Mrs. Rosen, 5th grade’s awesome science teacher, is planning a project with bottle caps and coffee sticks. These will end up as really cool items, though the details haven’t been released yet. Remember, if you have an item that you know can be recycled, why not go ahead and make something out of it? Be as creative as you can. Find little things and create rings, bracelets, decorations for your toys, etc. You’ll be surprised at what you can do. If you want to learn more about recycling, go online and discover what can be made. Small wrenches can be turned into tables, M&M’S wrappers into purses, a newspaper into a chandelier and many more! Did you know that if you didn’t recycle and you threw your plastic items on the ground it could hurt other living things AND the Earth? That’s right. If you throw an empty plastic bag into the ocean, a turtle can mistake it for a jellyfish and eat it. That turtle can die. Throwing your bottle caps on the ground doesn’t only hurt animals it pollutes the Earth. Pollution is when the environment gets contaminated with garbage, and smoke. It can turn the world into an ugly mess. So, next time you see a wrapper on the floor, go ahead and recycle and reuse. You’re helping the Earth grow healthier by saving its environment.

Volume 27 Issue 3 February 2015

Inside this issue:

Mystery Teachers and Creatures

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Animal News

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Ask Kiki

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Student Notebook

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Tech Avenue

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Student Polls

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Travels with Tom and Tia

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Sports News

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Student Fiction

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