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- Grade Range
- 3rd - 5th
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Students identify living and non-living things and explain the importance of earthworms to the soil. They name some basic facts about earthworms, recognize basic worm vocabulary words and demonstrate vermicomposting techniques. Full Review »
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- 4th
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Students make predictions, observe, collect and record data. They investigate several soil and worm websites. Finally, students write a letter to The President which defends earthworms by explaining their value to the United States. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten
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Students use worms, puppets or other props to practice counting to 100. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 10th - 12th
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Students design and create a worm and worm free compost tanks for observation of decay in ecosystems. They make predictions, care, and revist tanks using their journals for observation and data collection. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd - 12th
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Students, in groups, prepare a mustard slurry and use string to establish a quadrant for the investigation of earthworm populations. They pour the slurry into the ground and then collect, count and tally the emerging worms. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- Kindergarten - 1st
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Students are introduced to the benefits of using Red Wiggler worms to produce compost. They identify the requirements for the worms and the methods to follow in order to produce compost. They draw a picture of a functioning worm bin. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 2nd - 3rd
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Students study what worms need to survive in different environments. They study how worm composting improves soil and reduce waste. They discuss composting techniques and present a puppet show about a worm's life. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students observe the aquatic segmented worm, Lumbriculus varigatus and the life processes. They explore the processes of nutririon, transport, regulation, locomotion, and removal of wastes. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 9th - 12th
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Students conduct two set experiments on Lumbriculus worms and create a third experiment of their own. The first of the two set experiments allows students to observe regeneration of the worms while the second allows students to test the effects of nicotine on its heart rate. Full Review »
- Grade Range
- 3rd
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Students explore the process of converting organic waste into usable fertilizer. They observe how living and nonliving things interact with one another by making a mini-worm habitat. Full Review »
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