In order to assist you in your quest to find the information you need, BioSystem Solutions has aggregated and categorized links to some of the best resources on composting and related areas.
Closing the Loop is a compilation of 50 activities to help students discover and nurture an environmental ethic and stewardship for natural resources. The activities focus on solid waste and environmental awareness topics including landfills, recycling, packaging, resource conservation,waste prevention,worm composting, and more. The lessons are grouped into two specific grade level modules for K-3 and 4-6 grade levels. Each lesson encourages students to explore their natural environment, identify waste management issues and engage in personal and community action projects.
California Integrated Waste Management Board
Attn: Accounting/Cashiering Unit
MS-10
1001 I Street
PO Box 4025
Sacramento, California 95812-4025
Tel (916) 341-6768
Composting in the Classroom, Scientific Inquiry for High School Students.
NEW. Comprehensive guide for teachers interested in guiding composting research projects with high school
students.
Includes an overview of the biology, chemistry and physics of composting along with instructions for building compost systems. Unlimited possibilities exist for composting experiences using different materials, moisture content, temperature, turnover rates,nutrients and soil organisms. Advice on helping students design unique and meaningful
research projects.
Grades 9-12.#B8323.$32.95 www.acorn-group.com/
Through the Exploring Environmental Issues: Municipal Solid Waste module, students begin
understanding waste management issues and options. The module uses hands-on experiences to show the interrelationships among waste generation,natural resource use, and disposal. The
necessary tools to make informed decisions and choices on waste management issues.
AVAILABLE IN SPANISH.
Project Learning Tree
1111 10th Street, NW
Suite 780, Washington DC, 20036
Tel 202-463-2462
Cost: Free with a training available around the United States www.plt.org/curriculum/solidwaste.cfm
Project Food, Land and People 9excerpts): K-12 grade
Food, Land & People's science-and social sciences-based curriculum, Resources for Learning, currently serves
Pre-K to 12th grade students throughout the United States. The curriculum consists of 55 hands-on lessons,
developed and tested by more than a thousand educators. The subjects range environmental science and stewardship
("Don't Use It All Up!") to human populations and land use issues ("What Will the Land Support?")
Project Food, Land & People, Presidio of San Francisco
PO Box 29474
San Francisco, CA 94129
Tel (415) 561-4445
Fax (415) 561-4428
Cost: $22.00- $65.00 depending on if it is both in Spanish and English, or either one or the other www.foodlandpeople.org/resources/first_ed.html
The Quest for Less: Activities and Resources for K-6
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) designed this solid waste resource as a flexible
tool for teachers of kindergarten through sixth grade. It's multidisciplinary focus includes math, science, art,
social studies, language arts, and health. Lessons encourage students to utilize skills ranging from reading and writing
to problem-solving and analytical thinking.
The Worm Cafe: Mid-scale Vermicomposting of Lunchroom Wastes:
5-12 grade
This manual describes how a teacher and her students developed a system to compost lunchroom
waste with worms and save their school $6000 per year. How they performed a waste audit,
garnered support from their school personnel. Discusses bins, bedding, maintenance, harvesting and using castings in the school garden. Contains earthworm diagrams, bulletin board materials,quizzes, letter to parents, charts, and dozens of
resources.
@2001 Flowerfield Enterprises/Flower Press
10332 Shaver Road
Kalamazoo, MI 49024
Tel (616)327-0108
Fax (616) 327-7009
Worms Eat Our Garbage, Mary Applehoff: 4-8 grade and above
Worms Eat Our Garbage: Classroom Activities for a Better Environment
This curriculum uses over 150 worm-related classroom or home activities to develop
problem-
solving and critical-thinking skills in children grades4-8. Activities integrate science,mathematics,
language arts,biology,solid waste issues, ecology, and the environment.
Author: Mary Appelhof, Mary Frances Fenton, and Barbara Loss Harris
Specs: paperback, 8 1/2 x 11, 232p, 16 appendices, resource materials, teacher's guidelines,
bibliography, glossary, index.
@2001 Flowerfield Enterprises/Flower Press
10332 Shaver Road
Kalamazoo, MI 49024
Tel (616) 327-0108
Fax (616) 327-7009
