Your child builds a jar of leaves and soil, sets it outside, and turns detective on a slow mystery: what is quietly breaking this down, and why? They predict, observe over weeks, meet the decomposers, and run a real fair test. Hands-on STEM science and patience, learned in the backyard.
Ages 6–14 · Project guide · 3 skill levels
Designed by a teacher with 15 years of classroom experience, now homeschooling her own kids.
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