Composting Resources

PBS Almanac Gardener: Making safe compost video

PBS Almanac Gardener: Composting Soil

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Articles on Composting

Keep America Beautiful Fact Sheet on Composting

PBS How to compost poster

Informational text on composting

Nat Geo Kids: Create a compost article

PBS The Greens: Kitchen Composting K-5

PBS The Greens: Composting

Newsela article

Nat Geo Green Guide Composting

PBS News Hour article

Nat Geo Education Blog: Composting 101

Nat Geo article: How Cities Compost Mountains of Food Waste

Lesson Plans and Resources 

PBS K-5 lesson plan

Cool Composting Interactive from PBS for K-5

Grades 3-5

Upper elementary/middle school scientific inquiry

Florida Ag in the Classroom: Lesson for 6-8

Grades 6-8

K-12 lessons for "Learn How to Compost"

Compost Lesson Plan

Scientific inquiry for high school

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Websites and Information

Information on composting in Florida.

Backyard Composting. (2009). US Environmental Protection Agency.

Composting Council with great website links for educators

Compost Tips from UF/IFAS Extension

See page 47 for composting safety.

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