Summary
Phoebe thinks a rotting log is gross until the class shrinks down and meets the decomposers hard at work. They see how rot recycles dead things back into the soil.
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Discussion questions
Discussion
Phoebe thinks a rotting log is gross until the class shrinks down and meets the decomposers hard at work.
- What would happen if nothing ever rotted away?
- Which living things do the work of decomposing?
- How does rotting help new plants grow?
Quick work-a-long
Vocabulary: decomposer, rot, recycle.
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