20 Time Individual Outline

For our 20% Time, we decided to view the benefits of vermiculture for ourselves. Clearly, worms play a large role in our ecosystem because of the way that they recycle and improve upon the quality of dirt. But how much? We made two plastic bins: one control bin and one bin with worms. After weeks, we extracted a bit of wormless worm dirt to temporarily house our flower seedlings. This was done because worms tend to eat seedlings because of how small and delicate they are. We performed a rudimentary soil analysis to determine nutrient content after neither our control box nor our worm box grow. We realized that the ratio and quality of our dirt was poor based on Grain size, Moisture, Compaction, and Permeability. After we replaced our dirt with some higher quality organic potting soil mix, we began to see results. We mapped out this result in a graphical format and a chart format. I challenged myself with our original goal from the get-go. Even though I could easily find a video or some books on vermiculture, I wanted to experience the difference that worms could make firsthand.
I chose this challenge because I was curious about the impact of worms on the growth of plants. I wanted to create two boxes that clearly demonstrated how a setting with worms was more helpful to plants than a box without them.