Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful's interactive learning boards are excellent tools for educating people of all ages about the impact of litter and recycling on the environment.  Contact your local Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Affiliate to inquire about having an interactive learning board at your next event, booth, or classroom. Also, watch for our interactive learning boards on display at different events throughout the state of Pennsylvania. If there is no Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful Affiliate in your area, contact our home office for more information.

Litter I.Q. Board 

The Litter I.Q. Board is an interactive electronic display that creates litter awareness while educating the user about the life expectancy of carelessly discarded items.  The board displays 12 common litter items and lists 11 possible decomposition times, ranging from “up to 2 years” to “indefinitely.” The challenge is to match the item with the correct decomposition time. When the correct match is made, a buzzer sounds.

Some of the answers are shocking. Children are amazed to learn that aluminum cans that they see today will still be around when they are adults. Those who test their Litter IQ can also score themselves: 10-12 correct answers honors them as an “Earth Crusader” and 0 correct answers dubs them the obvious “il-litter-ate.”

Recycling I.Q. Board

The Recycling I.Q. Board is a fun, interactive, educational tool that allows the participant to match items that would be thrown away to items that can be made from the materials if they are properly recycled. When a correct match is made, a buzzer sounds, and the arrows, representing the recycling symbol, light up and spin around.

Glenn Witherspoon, Keep Pennsylvania Beautiful volunteer, designed and developed the electrical and circuitry work for the Recycling I.Q. Boards.