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Standards Aligned
Other (see Unit)
Community Partner(s)
Possible community partners could be someone who is experienced in composting.
Another possibility would be someone who works with worms and vermicomposting. This will depend on the availability of these community partners in the area, and what the educator implementing the lessons decides to incorporate in the lesson.
Essential Question
How can my family and I do our part in making a difference to make the world a cleaner and healthier place?
Enduring Understanding
Students will understand that their actions impact the environment, and how it does so.
Students should learn that by taking something we were going to throw away and doing something else with it, we are reusing.
Students will understand that reusing materials will help the earth stay, or become, clean and healthy.