Free Lesson Plan – “Save the Scraps” by Bethany Stahl
Composting kitchen and food scraps is a wonderful way that we can have a positive impact on the world around us by creating nutritous soil to help nurture the growth of plants, flowers and crops. This helps to provide food for important animals like bees and butterflies which play a key role in ensuring that we have enough food to eat! At the same time, it reduces the amount of waste that we send to landfill.
We have created a free lesson plan for “Save the Scraps” to help you teach your students about the benefits of composting their kitchen and food scraps to reduce the amount of waste we produce and to live more sustainable lives. In this engaging story, your students will meet about Alex and Mateo, two friends who have a compost bin in their garden. With the help of Mr Squiggles, they learn about the composting process and about what things can and cannot be composted.
Suggested NSW Syllabus Outcomes
GE2-2 describes the ways people, places and environments interact
GE3-2 explains interactions and connections between people, places and environments
Sustainability in Schools Organising Idea: 7
Suggested NSW Syllabus Content
- develop a design solution for an identified need or opportunity, using a variety of tools and materials that considers factors such as sustainability and time (ACTDEK010)
- discussion of ways waste can be managed sustainably (ACHASSK090)
- identification of ways people influence places and contribute to sustainability eg roads and services, building development applications, local sustainability initiatives (ACHASSK112)
How to read “Save the Scraps”
“Save the Scraps” is available on Amazon in Kindle, Audiobook, Paperback and Hardcover forms. Bethany has also uploaded an animated version of the story on YouTube, which we think is absolutely wonderful!
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