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Recycling and Composting Lesson PlanRecycling and Composting Lesson Plan
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1st - 7th
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Recycling and Composting

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Students set up composting sites that allow food scraps and paper to be recycled by nature. They are introduced to one aspect of recycling; composting. Students see how God recycles as the worms change garbage into something that brings beauty to the earth, as God takes the garbage from us and makes us beautiful.

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