September 17: Wild Worms

“I want my life to be a celebration of slowness...If we have open space then we have open time to breath, to dream, to dare, to play, to pray to move freely, so freely, in a world our minds have forgotten but our bodies remember."-Terry Tempest Williams, Red: Passion and Patience in the Desert

The garden compost bins, our place for worm scavenging

Monday, September 17:
earthworms and worm farms
(Sources:  My First Nature Book, How Earthworms Work, Camp Seymour "Wild Worms" Curriculum, Invasive Worms Video, Giant Earthworm Video)  

Materials: worms, soil, sand, mason jar, leaf litter, fruit, trowel, "earthworm" Powerpoint

Objective: Students will learn about worms who like fungi, act as decomposers.  Students will learn about worms, observe worms, and build a worm bin so they can continue to monitor their worms.

Class Introduction/Hook: Worm observation

Wild Worms Powerpoint Slides (without links/videos)

Grade Level: Elementary

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~