-Offers an interdisciplinary, four-lesson module using project- and problem-based learning to help students use the engineering design process (EDP) to design and create prototypes of compost systems

-Written and developed for elementary school teachers, the book offers lesson plans guiding students to synthesize their learning about biotic and abiotic factors, decomposition, and engineering design into full-scale models

-Anchored in the Next Generation Science Standards, the Common Core State Standards, and the Framework for 21st Century Learning