Composting in the Grade 1/2 classroom

2 months ago I started composting with Worms in my local schools.
So far every Monday I am able to get into this School and do Composting with this grade 1/2 classroom, In grade 2,3 and 4 the students take soils in science, so the worm bin fits great into the curriculum. The Students and I started this bin from scratch,
We shreaded egg cartons and drink holders into bedding for the worms.
We added an apple core and a banana peel, and let it sit for a week, then we added a half pound of European Nightcrawlers.
It was very hard for grade 1/2 students to wait to have this bin ready for the worms, Some thought it was a bee keeping hive, and some said it was for ants, and I asked if we should have bees or ants in our classroom with the holes in a bin like this.. They loved to see it was for worms!

My goal is to have a Worm Bin in everyone of the 45 plus schools in our school board. I talked to one of the high school woodworking teachers and he will have 5 bins ready to go by the end of March 08. At this time I am offering these 5 bins to teachers in our board for FREE,
The only catch is the teacher will need to take these bins home for summer break, so they can keep the worms alive to bring them back in the fall,the beginning of the new school year. After the 5 free bins are handed out. The teachers will be able to buy the bins complete with worms for cost from me! My wife and I will teach them how to take care of the bins as well. If there is any questions with the bins, we are only an email away.

I am doing a Pilot project with 2 schools to see if we can make these schools 100% garbage FREE.

Please check back here on a regular basis for up dates to this project.

Thanks Jeff The Friendly Worm Guy.

Written by Jeff on March 10th, 2008 with 7 comments.
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