How can we, as junior horticulturists, improve the soil quality of our school gardens?
Fourth graders have been learning about the water cycle - and the roles producers, consumers, and decomposers play in ecosystems. They are challenged to create a product to improve soil quality in our gardens.
How can we, as junior horticulturists, improve the soil quality of our school gardens?
Students Composting Scraps
Student Research on Composting
Student Journaling on Composting Layers
Student Journal on Food Chains and Webs
Student Journal exhibiting research on answering the journal prompt: "What is composting?"
Student Journal showcasing research students did on how to make a compost bin using wooden pallets
A fourth-grade student is collecting materials from leftover lunch food to add to our compost pile.
What the fourth-grade compost bin currently looks like.
(November 2025)