School Garden 101
Bibliography of School Classroom Lesson Materials: Composting
We selected appropriate activities from the following resources books:
Lesson #1
Lesson plans were retrieved from the following sources with permission:
o Earth Steward Gardener Curriculum: Cultivating Community
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Lesson #1 – Intro to Compost
o Healthy Foods from Healthy Soils. (2003). Elizabeth Patten and Kathy Lyons.
ISBN-10: 0884482421, available from Amazon.com $15.50
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Lesson #1 – A Worm’s – Eye View of Composting
Lesson #1 – Vermicomposting Basics
Lesson #1 – Vermicondo
Lesson #1 – What Worms Want
o Inside the Edible Schoolyard Classroom: The Garden Companion. (2008). The
Chez Panisse Foundation. http://www.edibleschoolyard.org/
 Lesson #1 – Sixth Grade: Rainy Day Worms
 Lesson #1 – Sixth Grade: Compost Lesson
o A Guide to Connecting Farms to Schools and Communities. (2007). Vermont
FEED.
http://www.vtfeed.org/materials/guide-connecting-farms-schools-communities
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Lesson #1 – Compost Critter Charades
University of Maine Cooperative Extension