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The Earthworm

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Students get acquainted with earthworms and gain an appreciation of the variety of functions earthworms play in ecology. They each receive an earthworm to gently explore and study. They explain how earthworms have a beneficial effect on soil.

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earthworms, ecology

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9th - 10th
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Science
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