During this hands-on program, Eisenia foetida—the red wiggler earthworm—will be used as a model organism to help students learn about the needs of organisms, including air, water, food, and shelter; how animals use different body parts and adaptations to survive; animal life cycles, growth, and reproduction; soil food webs and the important role of decomposers in the ecosystem; and how earthworms can help us compost food waste at school and at home. Students will learn how to create vermicomposting bins by building one together!