Closing the Loop on Food and Garden Waste

How FOGO grows a forest

Where does our food and garden waste go? In Wollongong it gets turned into FOGO then comes back as soil to help grow our Tiny Forests. Undertake a range of experiments and activities in the garden’s own Tiny Forest to develop an understanding of this incredible closed loop waste process.

Students will:

• Use a range of scientific equipment to measure soil pH, temperature, infiltration rate, moisture content and runoff water quality both in and outside of the Tiny Forest
• Compare the data collected in the Tiny Forest and outside the Tiny Forest.
• Carry out a macro bug count in a transect both inside and outside the Tiny Forest and compare .
• Measure growth rates for the last three years on trees inside and outside the Tiny Forest and compare.
• Inspect our onsite compost system and compare to FOGO.

Curriculum links

Stage 1 Curriculum

HS1-GEO-01 describes ways people connect to and care for places, water environments and each other, using geographical information

ST1-SCI-01 measures and describes changes in living things, materials, movement

ST1-PQU-01 poses questions based on observations and information to investigate cause and effectST1-DAT-01

Stage 2 Curriculum

HS2-GEO-01 explains how people care for Australia’s environments and participate in Australian society

Stage 3 Curriculum

ST3-SCI-01 uses evidence to explain how scientific knowledge can be used to develop sustainable practices

ST3-PQU-01 poses questions to identify variables and conducts fair tests to gather data

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