Grade 1 students are inquiring into how our choices affect the environment.  As part of our learning, they noticed that there is a lot of garbage on the playground.  They discussed why this is a problem- animals or insects can get stuck in it and die, water can carry toxic substances to the ground, and people can be affected by the smell.  Grade ones collected the garbage that they could find, sorted it into recyclable and non-recyclable, and found the total weight of each using spring scales.  They reflected on the process and made an informative video to share with other students on campus about the problem and their learning.