Wonderful Worm Waste..

NEW SUSTAINABILITY PROGRAMME!

Wonderful worm waste guidelines align with the Australian National Curriculum with emphasis on the Cross curriculum sustainability and Geography.

Log on to www.wonderfulwormwaste.com.au  or Phone : 0419941335

Accredited with Education QLD to meet the Australian National Curriculum and cross curriculum sustainability.  

               WONDERFUL WORM WASTE SCHOOLS PROGRAMME

About

Wonderful Worm waste schools programme was developed by Vicki Power in 2012 as a Perth, Western Australia-based sustainability education service, and is now operating in QLD. The program highlights waste reduction in schools and at home, with the primary focus being on worm farming and the (mini-beasts) worms.

Aims

 The aim is to empower the students to share with their school, families and community their new knowledge and understanding of waste management.

The activities are designed to supplement the school’s ongoing waste minimisation programs, and support learning outcomes by directly involving students in a practical but fun way. Ideally this would also be integrated with the installation of a worm farm on site at the school. Wonderful Worm Waste is happy to advise on a suitable location within your school or childcare centre.

The educational post activity investigation and lesson plans are intended to be fun and are designed to promote life-long learning, whilst developing positive environmental values and long term behaviour change.

Presentations

Here’s what you can expect….
Each presentation is approximately one hour in duration and consists of two parts.
PART A: This is a power point presentation using colorful and carefully designed graphics to capture the audience’s attention, whilst being age appropriate in detail. The introduction includes the waste cycle and offers solutions for the children to think about and reflect on.  The life cycle of worms, and differences between compost worms and earthworms are discussed. Inclusive learning practices are engaged throughout the presentation with plenty of opportunity for each student to interact.

PART B: In this second half of the presentation, students change their roles from primarily being observers to participants. A quick physical re-organization occurs and then it’s all aboard for a fantastic ‘HANDS ON’ experience. All students have the opportunity to come up close and personal with our wonderful worms. They will get the opportunity to use small magnifying loops to examine their worms up close and handle worms in some cases for the first time. Often many children suddenly lose their fear of worms during this activity too.

 There will be worm eggs to look at, worm castings and worm tea prepared.  Plenty of questions and answer time! And the best fun will be for the students to build their own mini worm farms to take home and show their parents.

The “living “message about waste recycling and sustainability is designed to leave a lasting impression with the children. Parents may also be inspired by their children’s new found enthusiasm for worm farming and decide to start a worm farm at home as a family activity.