This resource focuses on a sustainable approach to managing organic waste. Students explore the environmental, social and economic aspects of waste disposal and apply what they have learned by building and operating a vermicomposter. This action toolkit engages teachers and students in community and school-based environmental action projects. This comprehensive resource provides teachers with a variety of hands-on learning activities, which include building a vermicomposter that uses red wiggler worms to transform organic waste that would normally be sent to the dump, into a natural fertilizer.
Students will:
- will draw a map to examine where their waste goes when it leaves their home and the economic, social, and environmental consequences of their waste along the way
- design their own controlled experiment to understand and study what factors affect decomposition
- build a vermicomposter and learn to care for the worms
- play a trivia game to discover how much they know or need to learn about vermicomposting.
- conduct a waste audit to learn more about the waste they create
- create an informational brochure about composting using the knowledge they have learned during the activities
The resource also provides an activity allowing students to connect their learning to the SDGs and apply the knowledge they gained throughout this action toolkit to think critically about them. Through interactive activities and hands-on projects, teachers can help students understand the importance of the SDGs and how they can make a difference. By introducing students to the SDGs, they can better understand how their actions can help create a more sustainable world.
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