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Students sort through compost in groups and identify different types of compost critters they observe and share their results with the class.
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Students learn about the benefits of adding compost to soil as an amendment. They design and conduct their own experiment to test how compost effects plant growth.
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Students learn about the food chain of a compost bin by playing a tag game illustrating the role of decomposers in a food web.
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Students learn about the process of decomposition by testing the effects of different variables on the decomposition of organic and inorganic materials over time.
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Students are introduced to the process of decomposition in a compost bin and classify found objects from their school grounds as biodegradable or non-biodegradable.
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Students use multiple sources of information to research reuse and recycling options for a variety of household goods.
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Students learn how trees are harvested to make paper and make recycled paper with reused newspaper.
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Students learn about different types of plastic by collecting and examining examples of plastic from home.
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Students learn about the lifecycle of a plastic product and the nonrenewable resources used to make it.
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Students learn about the natural resources used to make fabric and use math skills to make a quilt square from reused fabric scraps and old magazines.
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