Curated OER
Build an Outdoor Compost Heap
Students study how to create a compost heap. For this composting lesson, students create a compost heap. Students write an essay describing the process.
Curated OER
Clothing Matters
In this natural resources worksheet, learners discuss what their clothes are made from after reading the labels found on their clothes. Students fill in a chart with the data they collect.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Investigating Earth Materials: Collecting and Classifying
Activity investigates what Earth materials are made of. Students will go out and collect non-living earth materials that will fit in a small plastic bag then sort the material to discover ways of classifying what they have gathered....
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Libros Vivos: Los Plasticos
Plastics are obtained by polymerization of compounds derived from petroleum and natural gas. Learn about the different plastics and about the different process of fabrication in this site. You will find a lot of illustrations and...