Next week will begin an experiment to find out which materials will decompose (break down into the soil) and which materials won’t. Below, can you make predictions about types of materials will and will not decompose. A quick list to get you started: plastic, foil, cotton, fruit, paper and card. Tell me what you think and we will find out the real answers of the next few weeks – things could be getting a bit smelly in the Year 6 classroom!
I think that definitely the majority of fruits will decompose but i’m not too sure which one will decompose first
I can’t wait to do this experiment, although when we have done it, it won’t be pleasent walking into the classroom!
Well, we shouldn’t do plastic bottles because they take up to 500 years to decompose. And if we do fruit it would be horrible because it would turn all mushy!!!
Tin foil I think would take a couple of weeks because its very thin and easy to rip.
I don’t think plastic or metal will decompose because there was a plastic bag island in the pacific ocean.
I think that polystyrene will not decompose and I think that leather will decompose.
that picture is yucky
BUT
its real
luckily we dont have any apples like that in my house
i wonder
can you eat mould??????
I think you can eat it in small amounts but not on its own.
i dont think i would want to eat it though. But Alexander Fleming
discovered penicillin through mould.
Estella that is just gross! Who would want to eat mould?!
Loving the comments Year 6. Interesting one about the tin foil Fatima – we’ll have to test your hypothesis. Don’t forget to bring your plastic bottles in so we can start this experiment!
Blue cheese?
Saskia: really want to find out what will happen to the mushrooms and leather.
Sylvie: saskia told me what happened and it sounds AWESOME!