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Theme and Goals
Theme and Goals
We aim to raise awareness about climate change and to organize and to encourage everyone in our school community to start composting at school and in their homes. Primary school students will be pared with high school students to put together the project and promote composting.
The goal of this project is to raise concern and promote willingness for change not just with students but with the entire school community.
The future of the project is for once the compost gets going, the school can add the compost to the school flower beds. Also, as the worms reproduce and become excessive every student will have a chance to make their own small started compost to take home and begin a compost at their home!
Cross Curricular Goals
Cross Curricular Goals
This project will need support from both a grade 2 class and a grade 10 class
Science teacher to help explain how composting works and the need for it
Cafeteria staff to help students collect food waste at lunch (without meat or dairy)
English teacher to help high school students write up a report of 'how to compost' in child-friendly terms
IT teacher to assist in making posters on Canva for the school's website and Instagram page
Art teacher to help primary school students make hand drawn posters to raise awareness around school
Elementary classroom teacher to help students with weighing of food and composting and classroom management
High school teacher to organize older students as guides
STEAM Components
STEAM Components
S = Learning about the importance of and how to compost for both age groups
T = Making a poster online and publishing to Instagram with primary students being assisted by high school students
E = Making a compost bin for school and high school students assisting the primary students to make one too (possibly, in future, students use the compost they created in flower beds)
A = Making hand drawn posters to be displayed on school corridors to promote composting by primary students and high school students can photo the drawings to upload them or add them to the online posters
M = Measuring out the weight of food waste to worm product and checking temperature of the compost bins (both age groups)
21st Century Skills
21st Century Skills
Collaboration (primary kids and high school kids to work together)
Communication (high school kids to choose word choice carefully to be easily understood by primary kids)
Creativity (putting together posters)
Information, media, and technology skills (using online tools to make posters and publishing on the schools Instagram page)
Interdisciplinary themes (environment, conservation)
Enriches soil
Reduces landfill waste
Saves the planet by utilizing its natural resources
Ability to prepare detailed instruction for different audiences
Ability to promote something they are passionate about
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