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Experiment 2
Composting: Using organic material to grow plants

Purpose/Hypothesis

This experiment will examine the principle of composting, the process of converting complex organic matter into the basic nutrients needed by living organisms. This experiment will utilize organic waste (household and yard waste) as nutrients for plants. It will allow you to investigate which waste products can be composted and best utilized by plants. Before you begin, make an educated guess about the outcome of the experiment based on your knowledge of composting and decomposition. This educated guess, or prediction, is your hypothesisAn idea in the form of a statement that can be tested by observation and/or experiment.. A hypothesis should explain these things:

• the topic of the experiment
• the variable you will...

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1. Introduction
2. A smelly solution
3. Chomping microbes
4. Landfills that raised the roof
5. Sanitary landfills
6. Experiment 1 - Living Landfill: What effect do the microorganisms in soil have on the decomposition process?
7. Experiment 2 - Composting: Using organic material to grow plants
8. Design Your Own Experiment