This activity involves observation and can be applied to all three elementary school cycles. It will allow students to understand the decomposition of organic matter. Children can also measure how long it takes for certain types of waste to decay.
Topics:
compost, environment, School material
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Lenght: 20 minutes of preparation. Observation during a week’s time or over a longer period of time.
Niveau: 1st cycle, 2nd cycle, 3rd cycle
Material: 4 or 5 transparent jars, a banana peel, a piece of newspaper, an apple core, leaves from a tree and a small piece of plastic, some soil
