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Cornell University

Cornell University: Cornell Composting: The Science and Engineering Composting Composting

For Students 9th - 10th
This clickable web page is like an outline that comprehensively covers the science of composting. Each link takes you to another section of notes.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Cornell Composting: Composting in Schools

For Students 9th - 10th
Composting in schools, what's the value in it? Not only will it reduce your waste, it is a great science project. Try it out and learn how the earth "feeds" itself.
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Cornell University

Cornell University: Cornell Composting: Compost Quiz Game

For Students 9th - 10th
Here are thirteen questions with complete explanations to see how much you know about composting.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Composting Competition

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In a multi-week experiment, students monitor the core temperatures of two compost piles, one control and one tended, to see how air and water affect microbial activity.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Our Friend the Worm!: Introducing Worm Composting Into the Classroom

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
An activity for students to explore vermicomposting. Students will research worms and investigate how they can be used in composting in a classroom environment.
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Composting: Getting Down to Paydirt [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how composting works, how to build a composter, and a recipe for creating your own compost to fertilize your garden and crops.
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Junior Master Gardener: Compost Critters

For Students 3rd - 5th
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.
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Texas A&M University

Texas A&m University: Composting

For Students 3rd - 5th
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.
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Pa State Dept.: Composting [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This subject page on compost is informative, regarding home composting, grasscycling, and vermicomposting, along with compostable material charts, basic instructions, and fine tuning of the composting procedure. Site lists uses/benefits...
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Texas A&M University

Texas Agri Life Extension Office: Composting for Kids! [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This slide show illustrates how kids can improve our environment by creating and utilizing composting. This comprehensive site provides instructions on how to build a compost bin to collecting the key ingredients to make high nutrient...
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Texas A&M University

Aggie Horticulture Network: Composting for Kids

For Students 3rd - 5th
Use this resource to learn about how we make compost and how we use it to grow gardens.
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Government of Alberta

Alberta Environment: Focus on Composting [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains all the ins and outs of composting, including how to maintain a composter once you've started.
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Veg Web: Composting Resource List

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides links to pages dealing with composting of food.
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Smithsonian Institution

Smithsonian Gardens: Composting for the Home Garden [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Compost is the most important amendment you can add to your garden soil. This article, provided by the Smithsonian Gardens, includes the ingredients for healthy compost.
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Texas A&M University

Texas A&m University: Composting for Kids

For Students 6th - 8th
Slide show with script from the Texas A&M University describing how to layer a compost bin, and how to make a trench compost or pocket compost. Gives nitrogen and carbon content examples of compostable materials. Explains gardening...
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Making Compost

For Students 9th - 10th
How not to fail, hints, compost containers, assembling the materials, are but a few of the many topics presented in this competent site.
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Master Composter

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn about composting, and find our how it helps connect people to the Earth's natural processes.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: Worm Farming and Composting

For Teachers K - 1st
Students create a red worm composter. As the composter develops, they will make and record observations about its health and the growth of its red worm population.
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New Brunswick Waste Management /"Backyard Magic"

For Students 9th - 10th
Comprehensive description of the environmental benefits of composting solid waste. Complete directions for composting, detailed description of composting chemistry, suggestions for applications of humus, question and answer page,...
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Texas A&M University

Aggie Horticulture: Kinder Garden: School Gardens

For Students 3rd - 5th
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.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Biorecycling: Using Nature to Make Resources From Waste

For Teachers 5th - 8th
By studying key processes in the carbon cycle, such as photosynthesis, composting, and anaerobic digestion, students learn how nature and engineers biorecycle carbon.
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University of Idaho Extension: Idaho Landscapes & Gardens: Garden Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
A gardening resource which addresses basic gardening tips, and also contains information on composting, preparing soil, irrigating, and using pesticides and fertilizers.
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Analyze Math

Analyze Math: Tutorial on Compostion of Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
This site offers a tutorial on compostion of functions. The tutorial works through several example problems to clarify the process.
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University of Missouri

Microbes in Action: Classroom Activities: Composting by Microbes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A science experiment to observe how materials decompose over time, By recording the smell, appearance, and movement of materials over three weeks, students will be able to make conclusions about their decompositions. Students will also...

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