Hard at work observing worms.
What loves the dirt, helps our Earth, wiggles a bunch, and has a clitellum? A WORM of course!! As part of our new FOSS science unit on habitats we are studying the habitat of worms - both redworms and earthworms. We are so thankful to Mrs. Halsted for her help in pulling students to interact with the worms. They learned many things in their investigations of redworms - how to identify the parts of the worm, how worms move, and how worms help the soil. Our earthworm investigations were not quite as fruitful -- unfortunately our earthworms perished before we had a chance to observe them. Students were able to observe the visual characteristics of the dead earthworm -- kind of gross I know, but sometimes we just have to work with what we have!! In the end we donated the worms, living and dead, to Hickory Hill's front garden. There they can go forth and create wonderful soil for our beautiful plants; even the dead ones, (once they decompose that is)!!
Love - Mrs. Heath
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