Earthways Presentation

Just when you thought we had learned it all about composting...

Today Kim from Earthways (a division of the Missouri Botanical Gardens) came to our classroom to do a presentation about composting and recycling. We learned a lot of interesting facts, like:

Paper can be recycled 5-7 times.

In the United States, one person makes about 5 pounds of trash each day.

In Missouri, one person makes about 6 pounds of trash each day.

In St. Louis, one person makes about 9.5 pounds of trash each day.

The top 5 most common things in the landfill.

1.  paper

2.  food

3.  plastics

4.  metal

5.  glass

We can recycle or compost ALL of those things!

Students got to practice sorting trash into compostable, recyclable, and landfill piles. This is perfect before our cafeteria recycling and composting starts on Nov. 5th. 

Some students got to act out a food chain, learning about the important role of decomposers. Then we got to dig through real compost, finding all kinds of critters. It was very engaging and educational. 

Ms. Kim taught us lots of great information.

Madeline and Clayton sort their trash.

Sydney and Kira discuss how to sort their trash.

Some students act out a food chain.

Compost digging- Eddie, Olivia C., Max, and Alexis

Olivia C., Sarah, and Wyatt

Marin, Madeline, Clayton, Olivia, and Kira find some critters.

Pete, Audrey and Maya look at some worms and roly polies.