Please describe your plans to incorporate vermicomposting activities into curricula units and lessons scheduled to be taught in your classroom during the school year. Vermicompost and compost tea are the two types of fertilizer created within a classroom composting bin. The vermicompost will be ready to harvest every three-months. The compost tea may be created as often as every week. Please describe your plans for use of the fertilizers produced within the worm bin.
Administrative support is crucial towards the success of any type of classroom project.
Please describe your Principal s response to the idea of worms composting in your classroom. Worm bins are fairly portable, and can be temporarily removed from any classroom that is regularly sprayed with pesticides. Likewise, worms should not remain in a classroom when bug bombs are used. Please investigate and describe any pesticide use in your classroom. I am aware that mold, mites, fruit flies and other micro-decomposers are participants in the decomposition process, and may occur in the classroom compost bin.