First Day of Composting project 04/19/13
We began by publishing the photo graphic above in the newsletter to familiarize everyone in the process. I personally visited with the Custodians about obtaining pallets and saving pallets from a recent construction project. I spoke with the head cook about saving salad bar scraps for the compost pile. She discussed with her assistants about where to place the scraps. I then sent an email to the Eighth Grade teacher asking her to draft two volunteers to carry the scraps down to the compost pile in the community garden. There has been a glitch in the project today as eighth graders are gone to a track meet and will not be eating in the lunch room so after today we will check to see if we accumulated any scraps in the compost pile and if not, why not and try to make corrections for next week. If you are starting a compost program at your school keep in mind the teachers, staff and students want to be helpful but composting is the last thing on their minds. With all the new standards in testing and in the lunchroom they are very very busy so be patient and kind. They are working very hard.
Our second attempt at composting 6/09/15
Needless to say our first attempt at composting did not go very well. (This how we learn) Our old composting bin was not stable enough and did not last. Now Mrs. Kimble has begun a new program with a better built compost heap. Here is a pic below and there are other pics in the slideshow.
Dahlonegah teachers are bringing knowledge about composting into the class-room as a valuable teaching tool.
Composting is a wonderful teaching tool because you can use it to introduce and explain concepts as far reaching as the life cycle, the importance of the end of the life cycle and decomposition, soil, recycling, resource management, garbage and landfills, and biodegradable and non- biodegradable items.
“Composting” is simply a way people use the natural process of decomposition to produce a rich, fertile soil to grow fruit and vegetables. With materials such as kitchen scraps and a few basic techniques, anyone with basic mobility can compost.
Composting is a wonderful teaching tool because you can use it to introduce and explain concepts as far reaching as the life cycle, the importance of the end of the life cycle and decomposition, soil, recycling, resource management, garbage and landfills, and biodegradable and non- biodegradable items.
“Composting” is simply a way people use the natural process of decomposition to produce a rich, fertile soil to grow fruit and vegetables. With materials such as kitchen scraps and a few basic techniques, anyone with basic mobility can compost.