Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Our Friend the Worm!: Introducing Worm Composting Into the Classroom
An activity for students to explore vermicomposting. Students will research worms and investigate how they can be used in composting in a classroom environment.
Other
Junior Master Gardener: Compost Critters
Try to guess the name of each insect, worm, or other small creature that lives in a compost bin. Clicking on each image leads to a page of detailed information about that species.
Texas A&M University
Texas A&m University: Composting
This resource from the Texas A&M University is easy to understand and contains everything you need to know about composting. The basic lessons are supplemented with pictures of students involved in setting up compost bins and trenches.
Texas A&M University
Aggie Horticulture Network: Composting for Kids
Use this resource to learn about how we make compost and how we use it to grow gardens.
National Wildlife Federation
National Wildlife Federation: Worm Compost Bin
Composting not only helps to get rid of food and lawn waste but also helps to fertilize our garden. Find out how to set up a compost box in this brief, informative article.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Be the Change: Recipes for Composting
Some recipes for composting, with a link to how to compost with worms.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: 3 Rc (Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Compost)
In this instructional activity, students expand their understanding of solid waste management to include the idea of 3RC (reduce, reuse, recycle and compost). They will look at the effects of packaging decisions (reducing) and learn...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Composting Nature's Disappearing Act
In this activity, students explore the idea of biodegradability by building and observing a model landfill. This serves as an introduction to the idea of composting. Students learn about the role of engineering in solid waste management.
Texas A&M University
Aggie Horticulture: Kinder Garden: School Gardens
Get all the information needed to begin and maintain a school garden and a composting program. Features include step-by-step slide shows for creating a school garden or compost program.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Be the Change: How to Be a Vermiculturist
Learn all about worm composting in this article.
US Environmental Protection Agency
Epa: Dumptown Game
This fun game helps students learn ways to recycle, reduce waste, and compost. You can also create your own Recycle City Scavenger Hunt.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: What Will Biodegrade?
Students investigate what types of materials biodegrade in the soil, and learn what happens to their trash after they throw it away. The concepts of landfills and compost piles will be explained, and the students will have an opportunity...
Better Planet Productions
Earth Care: Worm Wranglers [Pdf]
A lesson in worm composting for Grade Three.
Other
City of Phoenix: Recyclesaurus Activity Book [Pdf]
This activity book teaches about reducing, reusing, and recycling materials. Students can decode words, color, do a word scramble, and learn how to compost. Written in both English and Spanish.
Environmental Education for Kids
Eek!: Nature's Recyclers Coloring Book
Did you know that nature has its own clean-up crew and recycling staff? Yeah, there aremany plants and animals that help recycle natural materials in our environment. They take deadmaterials and turn them back into rich soil. Use this...
Other
Earth Day Canada: Eco Kids: Limit Food Waste
Each year, people throw out millions of tons of food that could still be eaten. That is a lot of food! Even when we compost food waste there are still some negative impacts. Resources like water and energy are used to grow and transport...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Environment
Through 10 lessons and more than 20 hands-on activities, students are introduced to the concept of an environment and the many interactions within it. As they learn about natural and human-made environments, as well as renewable and...
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Design a Net Zero Energy Classroom
Students create a concept design of their very own net-zero energy classroom by pasting renewable energy and energy-efficiency items into and around a pretend classroom on a sheet of paper. They learn how these items (such as solar...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Soil Which Soil Help Plants Grow?
In this guided inquiry lab, students will investigate what type of soil let plants/grasses grow the best. Students will answer the question by conducting an experiment using five different soils found in our area, school soil, potting...
Read Works
Read Works: Famous African Americans Duke Ellington
[Free Registration/Login Required] This passage contains biographical information about the famous jazz composter, Duke Ellington. This passage is a stand-alone curricular piece that reinforces essential reading skills and strategies and...
ABCya
Ab Cya: Litter Critters Learn to Sort and Recycle
Learn the basics of recycling with the Litter Critters! Kids will sort trash into four different litter categories: recyclables, compost, electronic waste, and landfill waste. In Easy Mode, users sort trash into one category of litter at...
Science Buddies
Science Buddies: The Big Dig
Even though many cities have recycling programs, a lot of trash still ends up in the dump. Find out which materials will break down and which materials won't. Will the results of this experiment change which products you often buy?
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: Urban Text: Adventures of Herman the Worm
WORMS- What are they? Where did they come from? If you are interested in Herman the Worm's family tree (biologically speaking), his body structures, or all the facts about him that you'll ever need, go to "The Adventures of Herman the...
University of Illinois
University of Illinois Extension: The Great Plant Escape: Soiled Again
Help Detective Le Plant dig for clues in the soil to solve this case. You'll need to find out what soil is, why it is important, and in what kinds of soil plants grow.
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