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Objective
Students will make a recycled paper model of a balloon.
Class Arrangement
Arrange the class into small cooperative group. A good size is
four.
Materials
Per group of three or four students:
8 recycled newspapers, 8 sheets of blank newsprint or 8 remnant samples
of wallpaper, stapler filled with staples, 16 pieces of string or string,
4 berry baskets, 4 pairs of scissors, markers, crayons, pattern of hot
air balloon and colored tissue paper cut in 1 inch squares
Procedure
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Gather equipment.
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Cover your desk with newspaper.
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Trace pattern of balloon on two of the sheets of blank newsprint or 2 remnant
samples of wallpaper.
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Color the balloon with markers and crayons.
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Punch four holes in the base of the balloon.
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Place the two sheets together with the colored sides on the outside.
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Staple all around the balloon. ***LEAVE AN OPENING SO YOU CAN STUFF
YOUR BALLOON.
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Stuff your balloon with balled up newspaper.
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Staple the opening of the balloon.
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Punch four holes in the base of the balloon.
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Roll colored tissue paper with the eraser end of a pencil.
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Placed the rolled tissue in the openings of the berry basket, until all
of the holes are filled.
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Tie the yarn or string to the holes in the balloon.
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Tie the other end to the four corners of the berry basket.
Evaluation
Did the student follow the procedures to finish the model?
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