Establish a classroom atmosphere that celebrates the sharing of learning. Have opportunity for students to practice new learnings. Make student learning available to the larger community, i.e. books students write are shared with other classes, students report in school paper, student work is displayed at school, etc.

PowerPoint Presentation

Objective: Students synthesize compost making experience in an audiovisual presentation and use the soil for plants.
Activity: Students present results of compost making process (pictures/samples/graphs) at a parent night or science fair. (Power Point presentation/iMovie/display)
OTHER SUGGESTIONS: Plants are grown in soil for school fundraiser/Soil is donated to a community garden or distributed to students’ families. Students start their own compost at home, and answer the essential question, “How does compost help us to love the earth?”
Assessment: All steps in composting process are included in presentation. The final sample looks like dirt! Plants grow in it.