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University of Minnesota

Caeno-WHAT??

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Can you feel that? Can you smell that? Since pupils can't ask worms about their sense of smell and touch, they design and complete an experiment to answer these questions. Individuals expose nematodes to different stimuli using their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Red Wigglers

For Teachers K - 1st
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.
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Curated OER

Working Worms

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders examine earthworms. In this earthworm lesson, 4th graders investigate how earthworms help prepare soil for planting. Students examine other living and nonliving elements in a garden habitat.
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Curated OER

The Worm: Reading Comprehension

For Students 3rd - 4th
Five multiple choice questions test young readers' understanding of a poem about the earthworm. Answers provided.
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Baylor College

Animals' Needs

For Teachers K - 3rd Standards
Explore the wonderful world of earthworms as your class learns about the requirements of animal life. After building soda bottle terrariums, students observe worms over the course of a couple weeks, building an understanding that all...
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Printables
Scholastic

Making the Times Table Mini-Books

For Teachers 2nd - 3rd Standards
What do you get when you combine your traditional times table worksheet with cute worm characters? A fun mini-book that youngsters can enjoy and that will help them practice multiplying by one!
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Lesson Plan
National Wildlife Federation

Soil Decomposers

For Teachers K - 8th
Worms are the kings of the decomposers. A four-part lesson has learners experiment with the characteristics of earthworms and their sensitivities. They vary factors such as light, acidity, temperature, and touch of soil and observe the...
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Curated OER

Warming Up to Worms

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students observe a worm and answer a set of related questions pertaining to the worm's features: feel, shape, "facial" features, movement and length.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Printing Practice: "Book Worm"

For Students K - 1st
In this printing practice worksheet, students practice tracing and printing the words "Book Worm," then color a picture of bookworm and stack of books. Worksheet has links to additional activities.
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Lesson Plan
University of Minnesota

Chemotaxis Using C. elegans

For Teachers 5th - 8th Standards
Have you ever wondered what roundworms are like? Or what they don't like? Explore the sensory preferences of C. elegans through this controlled chemotaxis experiment. Biology class members brainstorm what substances might attract—or...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Segmented Worms

For Students 9th - 12th
In this segmented worms worksheet, students will review the characteristics of segmented worms including the earthworm, bristleworm, and leech. This worksheet has 7 fill in the blank, 3 true or false, and 3 matching questions.
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Curated OER

National Worm Survey

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students participate in the National Worm Survey. In this National Worm Survey instructional activity, students generate data on earthworms. Students submit their data to the online database Worm Watch.
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Curated OER

The Natural Selection of Stick-Worms

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Young scholars discuss and role-play the elements of natural selection. They use toothpicks to represent Stick-Worms and discover the mechanisms of change of traits in populations.
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Curated OER

Science: Where the Worms Live

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students build mine-earthworm habitats to discover their niche in them. They make predictions about what the niche looks like in a week and draw a picture of it. Students notice the tunnels in the soil and how the sand and dirt are now...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Segmented Worms

For Students 9th - 12th
In this segmented worms worksheet, students will use a diagram of a segmented worm to complete 4 short answer questions about its body parts and structures.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Worm Coloring Page

For Students 1st
In this arts worksheet, 1st graders color the worm that is on the page while making their own designs. An extension activity could be to make a cutout.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Mini Beast Safari Record Sheet

For Students 4th - 8th
In this bugs and insects in their habitats worksheet, students hunt and locate worms, bugs, and other insects then record their findings to complete the chart.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

How Many Worms?

For Students Pre-K - K
In this basic number worksheet, students decide the correct number of worms that appear in the picture. The correct answer is chosen from 4 possible.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Introduction to Worm Bin Project

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students observe the decomposing process of the food chain in a worm bin. They observe whether the type of food fed to worms affect the castings given off during the decomposition process. They learn and practice graphing their findings.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Worm Posters Presentations and Worm Box Part 2

For Teachers K
Students work in small groups to investigate the topic, make a visual aid, and present to the class. They are given the following four topics: Worms and other decomposers, taking care of a worm box, waster and recycling, and...
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Curated OER

Growing Plants with Worm Castings

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students test worm castings for content and use them to grow seeds. They hypothesize which castings best sustain seed growth. They observe growing plants to test their hypotheses. Later they graph their data.
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Curated OER

Worm Bin Project Data Exchange

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students work collaboratively to exchange data with their peers (groups of students at other schools) about their worm bin project. They discuss differing findings and hypothesize reasons for these differences.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Worm Trace and Write

For Students K - 1st
In this tracing and printing practice worksheet, students trace the words worm and then print the words. Students circle the word worm.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

"How To Eat Worms" Vocabulary Test

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
For this vocabulary worksheet, students complete a matching exercise using 11 words from the story How To Eat Fried Worms. An answer key is included.

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