A Comprehensive Composting PowerPoint

Help students investigate sustainable agriculture and practices with this Composting PowerPoint designed for students in Year 3 and up. This Composting PowerPoint introduces the role of composting and manure in improving soil quality, supporting healthy plant growth, and reducing waste. By exploring these important farming practices, students build their understanding of how people can care for the environment while producing food.

Using a variety of visuals, video and age-appropriate discussion and content, students will discover how organic materials break down, how nutrients are returned to the soil, and why farmers use natural methods such as manure or compost to maintain productive farmland.

Explore How Manure & Compost Improve Soil Health

This resource is designed to help you teach the following  Science as a Human Endeavour concept:

AC9S3H02 – exploring the history of manure and compost use in agriculture and how composting can help improve soil condition and plant growth

This slide deck focuses on the following key concepts:

• Why soil matters to plants
• Common soil issues
• Using manure in farming
• Composting and how it improves soil
• Compostable and Non-compostable materials
• How compost and manure are used in small-and-large-scale agriculture

Download This Composting Teaching Presentation

This resource is available in both PowerPoint and editable Google Slides format.  To get your copy, click the dropdown arrow on the download button and choose your preferred file type.

This resource was created by Amanda Elkins, a teacher and Teach Starter collaborator.

More Sustainable Farming Resources

Pair this slideshow with additional activities and lessons to reinforce learning about composting, soil health, and environmental stewardship. Make sure you check these out before you go!

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