Compost Pile Proposal

Compost Proposal
Making a compost pile at home can help us fight global warming effects. Your job is to investigate and write a proposal for your parents on how to make a compost pile at home. The proposal should be presented on two half-sheet illustration boards (papel cascaron).
Bonus points: 1. A handwritten paragraph analyzing the changes in your behavior at home for this project to really work. (3 points). 2.Parents response form (below) filled out (2 points)
SIDE 1 1. Title: Compost. 2. Definition of compost, compost basic ingredients (greens, browns, etc.) and explanation of how the compost pile works (Nitrogen cycle, etc).
Student photo. Underneath: name and grade
SIDE 2. Proposal. How to make a compost pile or bin in your house. 1. Choose a place and method. Indoors or outdoors be specific, name a specific method (vermicompost, decomposition, etc.) Suggest a specific place in your house, take a picture of that place and paste it here. 2. List of materials and equipment that will be needed to create a compost pile or bin. 3. Model (drawing) of what it will look like. 4. Rules for maintaining compost pile. 5. How to determine when compost (humus) is ready and what the compost can be used for.
2. How composting helps our planet (1 paragraph). 3. Compostable and Not Compostable TChart with illustrations. Things that can and cannot be used in a compost pile. 4. Bibliography (min. 4 sources).
Suggested web-sites: Video about composting: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aKlauRA7ugI Articles: http://www.benefits-of-recycling.com/typesofcomposting/ http://www.watershedactivities.com/projects/winter/cmpstbin.html http://www.nyc.gov/html/nycwasteless/html/compost/edu.shtml
Making A Poster : COMPOST PROPOSAL RUBRIC
Teacher Name: Ms. Guzychenko
Student Name: CATEGORY Title
________________________________________ 4 Title can be read from 2 m away and is quite creative. 3 Title can be read from 2 m away and describes content well.
SCORE: _______ out of 28 2 Title can be read from 1.5 m away and describes the content well. All but 3 of the required elements are included on the poster. 1 The title is too small and/or does not describe the content of the poster well. 4 or more required elements were missing.
Required Elements
The poster includes all required elements as well as additional information. All the information on the poster is accurate and complete.
All but 1 or 2 required elements are included on the poster.
Content - Accuracy
Most of the information Information on the on the poster is accurate poster is not always and mainly complete. accurate or often incomplete. All graphics are related to the topic and most make it easier to understand.
Information is missing, or very often inaccurate or incomplete.
Graphics - Relevance
Attractiveness
All graphics are related to the topic and make it easier to understand. All graphics show exceptional degree of student creativity and effort. The poster is exceptionally attractive in terms of design, layout, and neatness. Capitalization and punctuation are correct throughout the poster.
All graphics relate to the Graphics do not relate topic. to the topic.
The poster is attractive in terms of design, layout and neatness.
The poster is acceptably attractive though it may be a bit messy.
The poster is distractingly messy or very poorly designed. It is not attractive. There are more than 5 errors in capitalization or punctuation.
Mechanics
There are 2 to 3 errors in capitalization or punctuation.
There are 4 to 5 errors in capitalization or punctuation.
Grammar
There are no or almost no grammatical mistakes on the poster.
There are several grammatical mistakes on the poster.
There are many grammatical mistakes on the poster.
There are very many grammatical mistakes on the poster.
Name ______________________________
Date ___________________
Parents Response Form
Please, review your childs Compost Proposal poster and answer the following questions.
1. On the scale from 1 to 5, how would you evaluate the explanation of the information in the proposal? Circle the corresponding number. UNCLEAR 1 2 3 4 5 VERY CLEAR
2. On the scale from 1 to 5, what is the probability of you implementing this project? Circle the corresponding number. NEVER 1 2 3 4 5 VERY LIKELY
3. What things would you change for this project to work? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ 4. What are some other ways that your family can take care (or is already taking care) of the environment? ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________ ________________________________________________________________________

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Making A Poster : COMPOST PROPOSAL RUBRIC

Teacher Name: Ms. Guzychenko

Student Name: CATEGORY Title

All but 1 or 2 required elements are included on the poster.

Information is missing, or very often inaccurate or incomplete.

The poster is attractive in terms of design, layout and neatness.

The poster is acceptably attractive though it may be a bit messy.

There are 2 to 3 errors in capitalization or punctuation.

There are 4 to 5 errors in capitalization or punctuation.

There are no or almost no grammatical mistakes on the poster.

There are several grammatical mistakes on the poster.

There are many grammatical mistakes on the poster.

There are very many grammatical mistakes on the poster.

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