Tiny Forests Thriving with FOGO

FOGO is helping to put forests in tiny areas with big impact

FOGO is our communities’ way of creating compost with our food and garden waste. This compost is then used in the creation of Tiny Forests or to top dress sports fields. Together as a community we are helping to mitigate climate change by creating forests that take away carbon, and by turning food waste away from landfill we are reducing greenhouse gasses.

Please note

This can be run in conjunction with the planting and / or maintaining of a tiny forest, or can be run as a stand-alone activity.

Students will:

• Play a game to help understand the role of compost with plants
• Watch a short presentation on FOGO
• Carry out experiments and hypothesize about plant responses to soils with and without FOGO added and the impact on the environment
• Participate in a waste audit of their lunch boxes and ask questions about waste management

Curriculum links

Stage 1 Curriculum

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

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

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

Stage 2 Curriculum

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

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

ST3-DAT-01 interprets data to support explanations and arguments

HS3-GEO-01 examines global citizenship and how people organise, protect and sustainably use the environment, using geographical information