Using Compost to Keep Soils Healthy

PrimaryYear 4Science

Lesson Summary

Students explore why soil health is important to growing healthy plants. They investigate how compost can be used to improve soil health and design an experiment to test what types of soil plants like best.

Note: This lesson could be conducted over two sessions.

Learning intentions

Students will:

explore why we might need to improve soils and the ways we might do this
investigate organisms living in compost.

Success criteria

Students can:

explain how compost can improve soil health and provide food for soil organisms
design an experiment to test how plants respond to different types of soil.

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Lesson Details

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Using Compost to Keep Soils Healthy

Lesson Summary

Learning intentions

Success criteria

Lesson Guides and Printables

Lesson Details

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UN Sustainable Development Goals

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