Exploring the Value of Compost
K Yellow students have been looking at the hidden values of waste and what it means for the environment around them.
In support of the strategic priority of Connection: Caring for our Community and Planet, faculty attended the Cloud Institute for Sustainability Education last fall, where they developed curricular units through the lens of sustainability. In K Yellow, students learned about their daily trash output and how they can become active agents of change. Some of the questions they asked were:
- How can we work with worms to turn compost into soil?
- How do the lifecycles vary amongst the items in our trash?
- What can we do for soil, and what can soil do for us?
The kindergarteners learned about the value of composting and the role of red wriggler worms in the process. They then began to use their food scraps to feed their red wiggler worms, working in small teams to document the process and maintain healthy in-class worm bins. Using interdisciplinary skills in math, science and creative writing, kindergarteners will go beyond our garden and end their unit about the environment and sustainability on a field trip to Slide Ranch.
Burke’s is looking greener every day!
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