Lesson Overview
Students will practice asking scientific questions and gain experience designing an experiment to answer a question. Students will learn about compost and how trash is composed of two different waste: organic and inorganic.
Essential Question
What is a decomposer? What is the difference between organic and inorganic waste?
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-Computer
-Smart Board
-Computer
-Smart Board
-6 clean jars
- Trash: Apple core, piece of plastic, leaves from outside, a piece of bread, aluminum foil, and a piece of paper.
-Soil from outside for jars
- Science journals for each student
-Pencils
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- Science and Engineering Practices
- 3.S.1 The student will use the science and engineering practices, including the processes and skills of scientific inquiry, to develop understandings of science content.
- 3.S.1A The practices of science and engineering support the development of science concepts, develop the habits of mind that are necessary for scientific thinking, and allow students to engage in science in ways that are similar to those used by scient...
- 3.S.1 The student will use the science and engineering practices, including the processes and skills of scientific inquiry, to develop understandings of science content.
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