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 WONDERFUL WORMS: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE TO VERMICOMPOSTING
Where:
TULE  PONDS  AT TYSON LAGOON
1999 Walnut Ave. Fremont
FREE (must register)
https://form.jotform.com/261807111689158


Math Science Nucleus just received a grant from the Altamont Settlement Agreement to teach public and school children about vermicomposting.  Yes, wonderful worms help compost food waste into useful, rich soil.

Learn about different types of composting;  how you can use your food scraps and make compost for your garden; the difference between soil and compost; natural composting; different organisms that promote composting; why a compost pile gets hot,  and much more.  Learn the recipe that makes great compost.   This is an introductory meeting for high schoolers and adults who want to help with other programs we will conduct with families.

             

 

We proposed a two-year plan which will help expand Math Science Nucleus’s curriculum and hands-on learning to include a component on the importance of worms in the soil, and how attendees can better steward the environment by diverting some of their compostable waste through at-home worm bins. This module will include an animated storybook, new hands-on curriculum for grade school children about worms, and the construction of a new high-throughput vermicompost bin that removes food scraps and green waste from the waste stream at our Tule Pond educational site.

Learn basic information on worms and how they help the environment. Zoe Caron, a Soil Scientist and Artist will discuss vermicomposting and how to start a bin at your home.   She also will go over how worms use food waste to add nutrients to soil. For children old enough to use dissecting microscopes (ages 10+), we will offer basic microscopy and look close-up at different invertebrates such as isopods, millipedes, springtails, and worms.

Each vermicomposting class will also include a complementary tour of the Tule Ponds facility. We anticipate attendance of approximately 30-40 people per workshop. Typically, families attend together for a group “outing” on weekends, and this class will be an opportunity to establish lasting vermicomposting habits in Fremont’s urban population. Math Science Nucleus would use a portion of the funds, if selected, to provide each family with a free copy  (if they want it) of the book Worms Eat My Garbage. This is a short, accessible guide to basic worm composting techniques. Each family will be able to take home a basic worm bin that they will learn how to set up during the class.

Instructor Zoe Caron: Soil Scientist and Educator
Zoe Caron is a local Bay Area soil scientist and artist. Caron attended UC Berkeley in 2014, earning a BS and BA in plant biology and integrative biology. She subsequently worked as a full-time microbiologist in biotech for six years and now teaches Horticulture at Las Positas College. She has also been the resident artist for the past year at the Children’s Natural History Museum, run by Math Science Nucleus. She strives to engage children with science and history through the connective power of art.
 

interested:  please register:  https://form.jotform.com/261807111689158

Sponsored by 
Math Science Nucleus
 Alameda County Flood Control & Water Conservation District
with special funding from
  Altamont Settlement Agreement

 

1999 Walnut Avenue, in Fremont (Behind the Fremont Bart Station)
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For more information contact Math Science Nucleus staff at 510-790-6284 

email  msn@msnucleus.org

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