3RD GRADE COMPOSTING PROGRAM

Winter 2017

3rd Grade: Keely McGreevy, Samantha Lee

Performing Arts: Fatima Rasnik

Essential Question:  How can we collect and use data to develop a waste reduction program at UDA?

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Students followed an action plan to become experts on composting and how it benefits the environment. Students presented their findings in each class at UDA to prepare peers to assist in tracking and prototyping a composting sort during lunch time.  3rd graders served as Food Waste Ambassadors during school lunchtime to continue educating peers and to gather the compostable food waste for measurement and tracking. Students presented their work at a UDA Composting Program Launch party to share findings with the school community and put on an interpretive performance piece with Mrs. Rasnik.

Skills: Problem-solving, Persuasive written and oral presentation, engineering design, graphing and analyzing data, fractions, measurement of length, weight, volume, geometry, life sciences