Plants and Compost: Let’s Break it Down

PrimaryYear 1 - 2ScienceBiologyEnvironmentalSustainability

Lesson Summary

What do plants need to survive? Students explore how composting and breaking down organic matter creates soil that meets the needs of plants.

Learning intentions

Students will:

explore the needs of plants and how compost can transform organic material to meet those needs.

Success criteria

Students can:

explain the decomposition of organic material
describe how compost creates a resource to meet the needs of plants.

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Plants and Compost: Let’s Break it Down

Lesson Summary

Learning intentions

Success criteria

Lesson Guides and Printables

Lesson Details

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

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