Investigating Trash
3/26/2019
This week we started our study of recycling with taking a look at what we throw away, what sorts of actions create trash, and what trash looks like. As part of our introductory week we had a lot of discussions, explored our topic through art, and observed garbage in our school environment. We talked about what type of things we throw away and started paying attention to the trash we make during the school day. Our Explorers talked about the difference between trash at school and trash at home. we even had a garbage Show and Tell. We have started our "junk collection" at school with trash that is clean and that we can use for our investigation. We also talked about how we need to use gloves to explore trash that is not clean. When our Explores were telling what they knew about trash and what they wanted to learn we realized that while we knew that trash should go into the the trash can, we didn't all know what happened to trash after it went into a bin. One of the ways we investigated trash this week was through a process art project where we used items from our junk collection to stamp shapes. This activity allowed us to explore the shapes, textures, dimensions, and weights of different trash items. We explored how the top of a pouch lid made a different shape than the bottom, and how the lid to an old marker made a circle when stamped but created a band when rolled. Some things got squishy in the paint while others maintained their ridgedness.
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