Georgia elementary classes in third through fifth grades recently put their science, technology, engineering and math skills to work in the 2024 Fall STEM Challenge - Turning Trash Into Treasure. Special education classes, homeschool groups and community or after-school groups participated in this hands-on sustainability project.
A class from Chattahoochee County was one of the big winners.
The challenge tasked students with answering the question: "Why is composting important, and how do brown and green materials break down differently?" To explore this, students created compost bins, documented the decomposition of organic waste and shared their findings through creative video presentations.
First-place winners were selected in four categories: after-scho...
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