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STEM project Earth and space sciences OUR RESOURCEFUL WORLD 106 Science: A STEM APPROACH YEAR 2 Project brief COMPOST BIN The problem The plants in the garden at school are starting to die. They need to be given more nutrients to help them grow and blossom but the school gardener can’t afford to keep buying fertiliser. How can the school gardener use food scraps and recyclable materials to provide nutrients to the garden for free? The task Design and create a miniature compost bin using food and garden waste, paper and cardboard. Use a calendar to record when food and garden waste will be added to the bin and when the compost will be mixed. Record a video explaining to the school gardener how compost bins turn food and recyclable materials into nutrient-rich compost for the garden and how he/she will need to look after the compost bin. Important things you need to do! • You must work in groups of 2–3 students. • You must use a 2-L plastic ice cream container with a lid and holes in the bottom and sides of the container so extra water can drain out and air and micro-organisms can get in. • The compost bin must include half of the mixture as garden waste, one quarter of the mixture as recycled paper or cardboard and one quarter of the mixture as food scraps. • You must use a calendar to record when food and garden waste will be added to the bin and when the compost will be mixed. • The video must include an explanation of how a compost bin works and how the gardener will need to look after it. © R.I.C. Publications Low resolution display copy 978-1-925431-95-7 R.I.C. Publications® – www.ricpublications.com.au
Earth and space sciences OUR RESOURCEFUL WORLD Project steps STEM project Investigate Learn about different types of food and garden waste and how much of each people send to landfill. Talk to people that live in your area about how much food, paper and garden waste they put into the trash. Read books and online information about food/garden waste. Learn how to make a compost bin and how compost helps the environment. Scan the QR code to learn about composting. Find out how often ingredients need to be added. Find out how often compost should be mixed. Design, plan and manage Plan your compost bin, calendar and video. Draw a diagram of your compost bin and label the waste materials you will place inside it. Use a calendar to plan and record when you will add more waste to your compost bin and when you will mix the compost. Collect the materials you need to add to your compost bin. Create Create your compost bin and calendar. Measure how much of each waste material you will need. Make your compost bin. Check and make changes Check that it is correct and you are happy with it. Check that all the important things in the project brief were done. Check that all group members are happy with it. © R.I.C. Publications Low resolution display copy Communicate Tell the school gardener or a buddy class bout your compost bin. Use an iPad® to record a video. R.I.C. Publications® – www.ricpublications.com.au 978-1-925431-95-7 YEAR Science: 2 A STEM APPROACH 107
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