Students learn about sustainable gardening practices through investigating what they can do to recover much of our organic waste through composting, nature’s own method of recycling. Students will participate in a hands-on activity in planting their own no –dig garden.
What happens?
- Explore ways we can reduce waste through composting
- Plant your own no-dig garden to take home.
| Stages: |
Stage 1, Stage 2, Stage 3 |
| Themes: |
Sustainability, Waste |
| Duration: |
2 hours |
| Location: |
Wollongong Botanic Garden |
| Price: |
$12.50 per student |
| Contact: |
4227 7667; botanicgarden@wollongong.nsw.gov.au |
Curriculum Links
Stage One
ST1-9ES: Identifies ways that people use science in their daily lives to care for the environment and the Earth’s resources
ST1-2VA: demonstrates a willingness to engage responsibly with local, national and global issues relevant to their lives, and to shaping sustainable futures
Stage Two
ST2-11LW: describes ways that science knowledge helps people understand the effect of their actions on the environment and on the survival of living things
ST2-2VA: demonstrates a willingness to engage responsibly with local, national and global issues relevant to their lives, and to shaping sustainable futures
Stage Three
ST3-10LW: describes how structural features and other adaptations of living things help them to survive in their environment
ST3-2VA: demonstrates a willingness to engage responsibly with local, national and global issues relevant to their lives, and to shaping sustainable futures