I was recently helping one of our undergraduate students pull resources for a unit about the nutrient cycle. My first thought, “Oh boy! How are we going to make that interesting?” I knew the library didn’t have anything new about this topic specifically.
Sometimes, I jump a little too quickly to the wrong conclusion. As it turns out, the unit was a hit with her grade 6 students. She taught the cycle showing the interconnectedness of the individual components (water, air, decomposition, plant growth, minerals, etc.), reinforcing the concept with a game that emphasized this never-ending cycle. To emphasize the importance of decomposition, the unit was wrapped up with the book, What rot! : nature’s mighty recycler by
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