The Great Worm Hunt

We use a science curriculum that is hands on and requires lots of squishy, dirty experiments which my kids LOVE. This week we are studying worms and Monday we went on our great worm hunt. 6 worms, 2 slugs, a centipede, a purple mushroom and 4 pills bugs were found. The 6 worms were then examined with magnifying glasses in our schoolroom.

Lesson #1:
If you place your worm on the table and then leave to go to the bathroom, it will be gone when you get back.

Lesson #2:
Worms camouflage perfectly in dark green carpet.

After examining our backup worms we then made a worm habitat which we built out of layers of moist sand and oatmeal.

Lesson #3:
When carrying your worm habitat don't hold it only by the flimsy lid.

The habitat was placed in the basement so that we could observe the composting abilities of our worms.

Lesson #4:
Worm habitats stink after 3 days.

Today we held the Great Worm Experiments. First we had to get one of our worms out of the habitat we had built for them.

Lesson #5:
Worms aren't as stretchy as you might think. If you are pulling on one end, be sure your brother isn't pulling on the other.

Using another back-up worm we were able to find out that they like cold, dark, wet places. But I'm pretty sure we knew that when we found our worms huddled in the moist dirt under that rock in the freezing cold three days ago.

Science lesson..... CHECK!