Our goal is to empower children to love nature and we do so by encouraging them to play with and learn from worm farms!

Together, we dive deep into the fascinating world beneath our feet, giving your class a front-row seat to watch our planet's recycling process in action!

Discover our offerings

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    Classroom Workshop

    $100

    A hands-on introduction to worm composting. Your classroom will explore the worm bin, meet red wigglers, and understand the importance of building soil.

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    Classroom Worm Farm

    $150 includes worms

    A compact, two layer worm farm that is a year-round educational tool for classrooms. Worms can be fed paper and fruit peels.

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    Bundle: Workshop + Worm Farm

    $230 includes worms

    Along with the workshop, we'll set up a worm bin in your classroom for year round learning.

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    Compost Club

      Customized composting solutions for your institution

    We help schools set up larger worm composting systems that can be managed by students as part of the garden club.

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Our program is designed for school curriculum, with fun lesson plans and activities for k-12.

It increases understanding of sustainability, consumption, and waste.

Winston Churchill school in Kingston, ON launched a school wide vermicomposting initiative. Let us guide you through it!

Our Wormy Adventures

Experiential Learning

Our classroom workshops are a great hands-on learning experience where students can interact with worm farms.

Worm Farm Field Trips

Bring your students to a worm farm! We'll teach them about food waste and how we compost large quantities of food with large worm farms. Currently only being offered in Ottawa.

Climate Change Curriculum

We are building lesson plans and worksheets for students to connect vermicomposting to different curriculum topics.

Compost Club

Compost Club enables schools to implement a school-wide compost program via student led clubs to collect food scraps from classrooms and feed them to worm farms to build healthy soil.

Gift A Workshop

Amplify your impact by gifting a workshop and worm farm to a classroom. We have a growing list of classrooms eager to start. Contact Audra at audra@theboxoflife.com.

Contact Us

For custom inquiries or other questions, please reach out to Audra at schools@theboxoflife.com.

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dana connors
Amazing and Engaging

My students were super engaged in the presentation and very excited to have worms in our class. Our presenter answered all questions and explained everything in a clear grade level manner. The students enjoyed learning about the worms and holding them too! They are a part of our classroom and every wormy Wednesday we feed and water them. Thank you The Box of Life.

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Christine Chapman

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Carolyn Matson
Wonderful worms!

We had Audra deliver an amazing presentation to our students. The workshop was engaging and informative and hands-on! I highly recommend getting The Box of Life for your classroom or organization! A fabulous experience!! Thanks Akil and team!

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Sarah W
Engaging, Educational and Interactive

I highly recommend inviting Akil into your classroom. Not only does he engage with the students in a child friendly manner that captures the attention of all, he brought in worms, and his vermicompost to show. The hour went by very fast! Thank you Akil!

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L.H.
Vermicomposting Workshop

What an amazing experience. I had the opportunity to go to the workshop as well as have a virtual presentation for my class. My students are beyond impressed and have all created their own vermicomposting ecosystems (using materials from their homes and the worm eggs harvested from the workshop). The students are not only engaged in this project but are now also interested in other sustainability initiatives.

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Your questions answered

How to care for the worms?

We will give you everything you need to look after your new wormy pets! Every worm farm comes with a Worm Parenting guide and dedicated support from our team.

Will food scraps smell?

If you are following the feeding schedule and instructions the food scraps will not smell! The Box Of Life has a beautiful earthy smell.

What about holidays?

The Box Of Life classroom edition is portable so can go home with an assigned babysitter for any school holidays.

Can students handle the worms?

After the worms have established themselves in their new habitat the students can definitely handle them. As long as they have a gentle hand to wiggle in and are returned to their home afterwards they will stay happy and active!

Time commitment for worm bin care?

The feeding of the worms takes less than 10 min per week. As much time as it takes to prepare them a healthy meal of chopped up food scraps and bedding material. This is a job any assigned worm babysitter can easily fit into their day. They won’t even miss recess!

Can The Box Of Life compost all classroom food scraps?

The classroom edition box is a learning tool as opposed to a full sized composter. It will only compost approximately 1 cup of food scraps per week. If your school is interested in implementing a larger scale Worm Bin to handle all their food scraps we are on board! Please reach out to audra@theboxoflife.com