mission green power point

8/8/2019 Mission Green Power Point

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Mission Green was developed by five

UMass Dartmouth students: Nicole

Decot, Lauren Beckner, Anna Brennan,

Rebecca Wicks, and Daphne Rosier

Our aim is to spread knowledge of thepositive effects of recycling to our

younger generation.


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Daphne- Wiki designer

Lauren- Wiki creator/organizer

Nicole- Meeting coordinator and contactdirector

Anna- Weekly Agenda Maker

Rebecca- Meeting Minutes/Note taker


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1. Everyone shows up on time at meetings- if not need to notifyeveryone else otherwise.

2. Everyone comes prepared with ideas/research andcompleted tasks.

3. One excused absence is accepted for DeMello lessons.

4. All team members have to communicate together by e-mail/phone outside of class and meetings.

5. All team members should go over each others work and giveconstructive criticism.

6. All members must meet Monday at 5:00 on the fourth floor ofthe library. There will be a weekly mandatory meeting.


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We presented our mission and who wewere

Asked students what they know aboutrecycling

Taught them basic facts

Have students recycle 15 items for the nextclass


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The carbon foot print activity Our aim- to educate them about what a carbon

foot print is, and how they can reduce it.

Fun, hands on activity

Used paint to make their footprints on recycled

paper Signed with their name on the bottom along with

something they have learned about recycling.


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The Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

packet Our aim- to educate the kids about

the 3 Rs of recycling We read the packet out loud,

students took turns reading

Had them answer questions on thepacket and share their answerswith the class


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The worm bin activity Marissa brought the worms and bins We brought the newspaper and spray bottle Constructed a worm bin with the students help Explained the importance of composting using the 3 Rs They wrote short essays about what they learned from

this lesson which they will eventually show their littlebuddies how they made them

We shared answers aloud


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The area that we need the most

improvement in is "Involvement and

Commitment".

The second area we need to improve in

is "Recognizing and Rewarding High

Performance".


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Service to a Community Partner

Our Community partner was the Demello ElementarySchool in South Dartmouth, Massachusetts.

We worked in a fourth grade classroom with 25students and their teacher, Helen Mello.

As a team, we communicated with the teacher quitefrequently, and met with the children on four separateoccasions.

We educated the children about recycling and gavethem valuable knowledge that they will have withthem for the rest of their lives and can pass on toothers (friends, parents, siblings, etc).


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ChallengeChallenge-- Marissa didnt show upMarissa didnt show up

(had our materials)(had our materials)

For our major ARD event, we plannedFor our major ARD event, we plannedto do a worm bin activity.to do a worm bin activity.

Since Marissa was absentSince Marissa was absent-- Reduce,Reduce,

Reuse,RecycleReuse,Recycle packetpacket Rescheduled worm bin activity


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Our community involvement consisted ofworking with 25 children over the courseof the semester.

Not only are we just educating thechildren in recycling, but we areeducating them in hopes of theirknowledge spreading across thecommunity.


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We spent all four teaching sessions educating thechildren on recycling.

Interesting facts about recycling

Reading activity Reduce, Reuse, Recycle

The carbon footprint activity- designed for eachstudent to recycle 15-20 items outside of theclassroom

Since each student recycled at least 15 items, 25students x15 items= 375 recycled items

The worm bin is to teach the children about theimportance of composting and reducing theirgarbage

Lesson with little buddies next semester


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By the final lesson, we could see a complete

change in their knowledge on recycling.

By teaching them at such a young age, we hope

that the future generation will get a better grasp

on recycling and its importance.

They will share their knowledge with their little

buddies next semester.

Many children were eager to tell us about how

they got their younger sibling to recycle, or theirmother, father, or friend.

We left a packet from The Green Team where

Mrs. Mello can continue to teach similar recycling

lessons. (posters, fun activities, lesson plans)

Mrs. Mello told us that she has never seen the

children so excited about learning.

Her comment made us pleased to know we

made an impact by providing the children with

knowledge that will stay with them forever.

The worm bin is a continuous recycling activity

that they can share with others.


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We chose different creative activities to do withthe children that no one has ever done in thepast.

We created a carbon footprint activity, relating

recycling to creativity in a hands on (feet on!)activity.

Another creative idea we had was to have thechildren make their own worm bin that they willhave in the classroom even after we are done

teaching them. When Marissa didn't show upfor one of our planned activities, we werecreative and managed to work out an activityfor the children that day.


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Working with Children- When we realized we were workingwith children we were immediately excited and started thinkingof lessons that they would enjoy. We were hesitant aboutmaking comprehensive material for fourth graders, but theyactually knew and retained more information than we hadexpected, which was great!

Dividing up Tasks-At our first meeting we wrote down ourattributes that could benefit the team. Lauren and Daphne weregood at creativity aspects such as updating the Wiki andmaking sure it is presentable. Anna and Rebecca liked to takenotes and write so they were in charge of making meetingminutes/agendas. Nicole was good at contacting/scheduling so

she called the stakeholders and made meetings. So far wehave been able to keep up with our roles and do the assignedwork.


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The Timing- Our schedules were somewhatconflicting between Mission Green, Mrs.Mello, andMarissa. We wish that the lessons had started earlierand closer together in the week so we could have

had more time to work on the project later.

The Individual Workload/Effort- Even though eachmember had their assigned tasks some were late topost them or to even do them. At meetings after along day of work/school we would often be tired and

not put 100% effort into the Wiki, leaving others to doit at another time.


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