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Sustainability Lesson Clearinghouse
Sort the Compost Bin
Lesson Description:
Students will be able to...
Students will be able to...- Explain what compost is and the value of using compost to grow crops.
- Differentiate between “green compost” materials and “brown compost” materials and explain what each brings to the composting process.
- Sort and classify objects as materials that can be composted and cannot be composted.
Lesson Type:
- Discussion
- Other
Sustainability Topic:
- Gardening
- Other
GEF Program Category:
- Green Thumb Challenge
Time Needed:
30 minutes
30 minutes
Standards Addressed:
Science Standard 12: Understand the nature of scientific inquiry.
Geography Standard 14: Understand how human actions modify the physical environment.
Geography Standard 16: Understand the changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution and importance of resources.
Science Standard 12: Understand the nature of scientific inquiry.
- Benchmark # 2: Record information collected about the physical world (e.g., drawings, pictures simple data charts).
- Benchmark # 7: Understand simple cause-and-effect relationships based on previous experience.
Geography Standard 14: Understand how human actions modify the physical environment.
- Benchmark # 1: know ways in which people depend on the physical environment (e.g., to grow food).
Geography Standard 16: Understand the changes that occur in the meaning, use, distribution and importance of resources.
- Benchmark # 1: Know the role that resources play in our daily lives (e.g., soils used for growing food).
Materials Needed:
- Composting chart sorting worksheet (included below)
Submitted By:
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
School or Group:
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
Green Education Foundation (GEF)
Contact Email:
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
service@greeneducationfoundation.org
Located in: Science | Social Studies
