Young scientists create a compost bag, predict changes, and after one month, examine the bag to observe the changes that have occurred.

Concepts

composting

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Include a direction sheet for composting in take-home folders for those families interested in starting their own compost bins

Classroom Considerations

• The activity comes with clear warnings about the safe handling of the compost bag 

Pros

• The packet includes a richly detailed plan, prediction and data collection sheets, discussion questions, and extensions
• After observing and discussing the changes, kids repeat the experiment

Cons

• The activity comes with a mold warning

Common Core

W.4.2.a SL.4.1.a