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Composting 101 - Natural Fertilizer for Your Garden (Recycling Kitchen Scraps)
Kaitlyn Fischer: Close-Reading Specialist
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In this one-time course, students will get an introduction to composting using kitchen and food waste and leftovers to create a "black gold" mine of nutrients and healthy materials to help your plants grow!
Class experience
Join us as we explore the world of composting. While it can sound intimidating at first, it is a simple process of food recognition and its value as a resource for growing delicious foods and beautiful plants right from your own backyard. Join our class as we learn about the steps of creating a compost pile while addressing common concerns that both students and parents have:
- What is compost?
- How is compost made?
- What can be put into my compost?
- What should I...I have a home garden in which I produce 50 gallons of compost minimum each year. It has gotten to the point where I have to give my compost away often times! I currently grow four different types of tomatoes, cucumber, swiss chard, brussel sprouts, bell pepper, jalepeno, carrots, bee balm, rosemary, basil, oregano, two types of thyme, and more! I use compost will all of these plants in my garden and for many of my household plants as well.
Homework Offered
While this is a one-time class, I encourage students to go out an begin applying their new knowledge to their own homes! All of the natural composting materials are already available at home. In class, we will talk about how common household items can be used to create small compost bins and students are welcome to bring these materials to class to work with them directly!0 hours per week outside of class
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Students do not need to bring anything to class but their questions and thoughts! If they would like to bring materials to begin composting right away, I will be working through instructions on how to build a compost bin from common household materials and students are welcome to do this activity in class! The OPTIONAL materials that you would need are as follows:
- A Plastic Storage Container with a Lid
- Big Enough to Put Food Scraps Into but Small Enough to Shake and Spin
- A Handheld Drill or Other Impliment to Poke Hole
- Scissors Would Be More than Enough to Work With!
- Food Scraps
- Do Nothing with Them Until Class Time!Students have an optional activity where they might use scissors or even a small, handheld drill. I ask that if students participate in the optional and choose to use the drill, that they have parents permission and supervision. We would be using the drill as a means to punch holes in a plastic container. Scissors will work in MOST cases though. Please let me know if you have any questions!
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My name is Kaitlyn Fischer and I have taught English to students as young as nine through eighteen in both Missouri and Colorado. I am a close-reading specialist and have a lot of experience teaching students close-reading strategies including...
Group Class
$12
per classMeets once
40 min
Live video meetings
Ages: 10-13
1-4 learners per class
