What Lives In A Pile Of Leaves? Meet the Forest Recyclers - Episode 50

Nat Theo Nature Lessons Rooted in the Bible

Eryn Lynum

Kids & Family, Christianity, Religion & Spirituality, Education For Kids

4.8 • 620 Ratings

🗓️ 12 November 2024

⏱️ 25 minutes

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Summary

What good is a leaf after it falls off a tree? Meet the forest recyclers who help turn old things into new life.

Here’s our trail map:

What Is A Duff?
How Is A Forest Recycled?
What Lives In A Pile Of Leaves?
Why Are Decomposers Important?
How Does God Restore And Make Things New?

Episode Links:

Order Eryn’s new book, The Nature of Rest: What the Bible and Creation Teach Us About Sabbath Living: https://www.amazon.com/Nature-Rest-Creation-Sabbath-Living/dp/0825448891

Get full lesson guides in the Nat Theo Club: https://erynlynum.com/club

Free Forest Recycling Coloring Sheet: https://erynlynum.com/why-fallen-leaves-are-important

Find great Christian books and resources at Christianbook.com: https://www.christianbook.com/

Explore Apologia’s curriculum and classes: https://www.apologia.com/

Apologia’s Botany Exploring Creation with Botany Curriculum: https://www.apologia.com/shop/apologia-advantage-set-botany-2nd-edition-with-regular-notebooking-journal

Roly-poly Episode: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/62dc056f-543f-49e1-8d71-c7056d13742a/

Bacteria Episode: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/1d403844-0e2d-494a-a113-5ed7e86c947b/

Mushrooms and fungus episode: https://player.captivate.fm/episode/b5b86cc0-358b-4136-bc79-643bd15aff9b/

Order Eryn's book, Rooted in Wonder: Nurturing Your Family's Faith Through God's Creation: https://www.amazon.com/Rooted-Wonder-Nurturing-Familys-Creation/dp/0825447615

Scriptures Referenced in This Episode:

“Then I saw a new heaven and a new earth. The first heaven and the first earth had disappeared, and there was no sea anymore… The One who was sitting on the throne said, ‘Look! I am making everything new!’” Revelation 21:1, 5 (NCV)

“God, who reconciled us to himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation: that God was reconciling the world to himself in Christ, not counting people’s sins against them. And he has committed to us the message of reconciliation.” 2 Corinthians 5:18-19 (NIV)

“For I am about to do something new. See, I have already begun! Do you not see it? I will make a pathway through the wilderness. I will create rivers in the dry wasteland.” Isaiah 43:19 (NLT)

Terms Learned in This Episode:

Duff: A layer on the forest floor made up of dead leaves, sticks, grass, and other natural things.

Recycle: To make something old new. To turn something that would normally be thrown away into something useful.

Humus: Healthy soil that is packed full of good minerals and nutrients from decomposers.

Rhizosphere: The area beneath the soil or dirt surface that surrounds plant roots.

Decomposing: Something natural is breaking down by a chemical process. It is becoming rotten or decaying.

Enzymes: A type of protein, a very important building block in life, that speeds up chemical processes.

Reconcile: To restore or bring back into harmony.

Mentioned in this episode:

Magnify: A Wild & Wonderful Summer Adventure by Nat Theo

Join us for summer Bible & nature study! https://thenaturaltheologyproject.com/magnify

Transcript

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0:00.0	Have you downloaded the free coloring sheet for this lesson?
0:03.9	Click the link in our show notes to print and color along as you listen.
0:08.0	And join the Nat Theo Club at the link in our show notes to receive a full lesson and activity guide
0:13.5	and a bonus video of content every single week so you can dive deeper into every lesson.
0:20.0	Explore God's wild and wonderful world in the Nat Theo Club at Aaron Linum.com
0:25.2	slash club or at the link in our show notes.
0:31.4	Hello world.
0:32.7	Wake me up to another good good morning time to go.
0:38.7	Are you ready to explore God's wild and wonderful world?
0:43.3	Welcome to the Nat Theo podcast.
0:46.2	I'm your host, Aaron Linum.
0:48.0	I'm a certified master naturalist, Bible teacher, and author.
0:52.1	And I am so excited to dive into God's written word, the Bible, and his created world with you.
0:58.9	Welcome listeners to our 50th episode. Welcome listeners to our 50th episode.
1:14.8	We are celebrating over a year and a half of the Nat Theo podcast and 50 episodes.
1:22.0	Thank you so much to all of our listeners for coming with us along on this journey as we explore God's wild and wonderful
1:29.9	world. Have you ever raked up a pile of leaves and jumped into it? I grew up in the state of
1:37.1	Wisconsin and my yard had some very big trees. And so each fall, we had lots and lots of leaves in our yard. My brother, sister, and I would
1:47.9	rake these leaves into big piles and have fun jumping into them. Did you know, however, that when you
1:55.2	jump into a pile of leaves, you might also be jumping into a pile of living creatures. Last week we learned all
2:04.5	about how leaves change colors and why they fall off trees in the first place. Today we are going
2:10.8	to discover that those fallen leaves are not at all useless. Instead, they create an amazing habitat or area to live for many,
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