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\n\"Worm\n\n
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\nWorm Composting: Vermiculture\n

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\nStudents compost in a limited space and describe the decomposing process. Students convert unwanted, organic matter, particularly food scraps and paper into fertile soil.\n
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\n\"Deconstructing,\n\n
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\nDeconstructing, Decomposition and Compost\n

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\nStudents create and tend to an outdoor compost pile. They research about decomposition and composting. They create two activities for their peers to complete.\n
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\n\"Composting\n\n
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\nComposting Presentations\n

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\nStudents create an presentation that suggests composting as a possible solution to solid waste issues. They research the types of solid waste that can be composted, the composting process and the role of worms in composting.\n
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\n\"Composting\n\n
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\nComposting\n

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\nEighth graders collect data from Bottle Biology compost columns and record using Excel spreadsheet.\n
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\nThe Compost Bucket\n

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\nStudents recognize that plants and soils have a close relationship. They view a photo essay on the common practice and natural process of composting. Afterwards, they observe the process of plant decay over the course of several days.\n
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\n\"De"compost"ition\n\n
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\nDe\"compost\"ition Activity\n

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\nLearners investigate the decomposition process and the parameters which influence the rate at which it occurs. They design a \"controlled\" experiment by comparing decomposition rates between two compost piles. Analysis questions include...\n
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\n\"Compost\n\n
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\nCompost Columns\n

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\nIn this unit of lessons, young scholars examine the role of compost columns and recycling. They create a KWL chart about garbage in Chicago. They also examine life cycles and packaging of everyday products.\n
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\nWaste Audit\n

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\nDoes everything in the trash can belong there? Conduct a waste audit with your class by collecting a day's worth of garbage, separating it into recyclables, non-recyclables, or food waste, and properly distributing what they find into...\n
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\nHow Sewage Treatment Works - Water Treatment\n

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\nTo flush or not to flush ... that is the question. Is the wastewater treatment program in most towns and cities really the most efficient way to deal with waste? The fourth installment in a series of seven videos about the world's water...\n
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\nRed Wigglers\n

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\nLearners are introduced to the benefits of using Red Wiggler worms to produce compost. They identify the requirements for the worms and the methods to follow in order to produce compost. They draw a picture of a functioning worm bin.\n
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\nSoil Characteristics\n

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\nComponents of soil, such as inorganic or organic materials are detailed along with the main contributions of each. Deposits, weathering, and distinct types of characteristics and properties of soil classes are given.\n
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\nHow Worms Turn Garbage into Compost\n

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\nWorm feces is gold to gardeners and farmers. Earthworms have a special enzyme that allows them to break down the cellulose found in plant materials. An episode of a longer science playlist explores this process, which creates...\n
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\n\"Sustainable\n\n
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\nSustainable Agriculture\n

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\nStudents perform an experiment to find out if plants grow best when grown in soil with no fertilizer, with chemical fertilizers, or with compost that they have made themselves. Students discover how agriculture practices can benefit the...\n
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\nRecyclers Revisited\n

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\nFifth graders observe their plant experiments that they started in a previous lesson and examine the role of decomposers in the nitrogen cycle. Two weeks after they set up a worm terrarium, they analyze any changes they observe, and...\n
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\nThe Rotten Truth: Healthy Food from Healthy Soil\n

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\nStudents investigate methods of decomposition in order to make compost. In this decomposition science lesson, students set up compost bags using food and materials which decay over time. The initial lesson is approximately 30 minutes,...\n
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\n\"Vermiculture\n\n
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\nVermiculture Food Waste Compost Program for Touchstone School\n

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\nStudents explore the advantages of composting.  For this recycling lesson students complete a worm compost project and collect food waste to feed them. \n
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\nAre you going to eat that?\n

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\nStudents identify and define composting. STudents compare and contrast aerobic and anaerobic composting. Students illustrate the benefits of composting and other methods to reuse, recycle, reduce, and respond. Students identify through...\n
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\nThe Rotten Truth\n

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\nFourth graders investigate compost. For this Science lesson, 4th graders take notes on the components of soil and its relation to plant growth. Students describe the steps in making compost.\n
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\nSoil Preparation for Autumn and Winter\n

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\nLearners determine how and why soil needs to be prepared for the fall and winter seasons. In this agriculture lesson plan, students determine how to use gardening tools safely. They show how to work with compost material and fertilizer...\n
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\nSelecting Soil Organisms in Compost\n

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\nStudents demonstrate that many of the enzyme systems needed to break down--and therefore clean up-society's wastes already exist in nature among the decomposers. They select the best starch-munching organisms by altering the environment...\n
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\nTrash Disposal Choices\n

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\nStudents determine the differences between reusable, compostable and recyclable trash.\n
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\nRecycling Concentration & Go Fish\n

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\nStudents play a game based on concentration or memory to place recyclable items into one of 4 groups. In this recycling lesson, students work in groups of 1-4 to place cards with pictures of various items into a Composting, Recycling,...\n
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\nDe\"compost\"ition\n

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\nHigh schoolers develop an understanding of the decomposition process and the parameters which influence the rate at which it occurs.\n
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\nBiotechnology\n

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