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Showing 6 results for Composting ...
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
This lesson will look at the impact of artificially created fertilizers on the quality of the soil, especially in comparison with natural compost. Students will begin by creating their own compost. The “Compost in a Bottle Lab” is a long-term lab that should be started 3-4 weeks prior to beginning this lesson. Try to time it so that this lesson comes at the time when students are collecting their last set of data on their compost. Students also create a presentation product.
Glacier National Park
Garbage in the Garden
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will make their own compost. (This is an activity which stretches over 6 weeks.)
Glacier National Park
Eco-enrichers
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students evaluate the importance of soil as well as plant and animal matter as contributors to soil through observing earthworms decompose composting materials.
George Washington Carver National Monument
George Washington Carver - An Original Conservationist: Introduction
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: High School: Ninth Grade through Twelfth Grade
Unit lessons include: Lesson 1: George Washington Carver-An Original Conservationist: The Man, The Scientist the Artist Lesson 2: George Washington Carver-An Original Conservationist: Sharing the Soil Lesson 3: George Washington Carver-An Original Conservationist: The Importance of Compost Lesson 4: George Washington Carver-An Original Conservationist: Alternative Uses for Everyday Products Lesson 5: George Washington Carver-An Original Conservationist: Welcome to the 21st Century
Niobrara National Scenic River
Cows in the Campground - Pre-Visit Writing Activity
- Type: Field Trips
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Students will read about the community of the Niobrara Valley prior to their field trip to develop an understanding of the significance of development and its co-existence with preservation of a natural resource. Students will demonstrate their understanding of the interrelationships contained in the river system by writing a descriptive essay based on an essay prompt of their choice.
Bent's Old Fort National Historic Site
Intercultural Kinship
- Type: Lesson Plan
- Grade Levels: Upper Elementary: Third Grade through Fifth Grade
Lewis Garrard's ten-month journey on the Santa Fe Trail put him in contact with a variety of southwestern cultures. This lesson offers a chance to reflect on how family unions across cultures both helped and hindered successful operation of the Bent, St. Vrain, & Co. during the 1840s.