Worms are wondferful

This week Miss Rivers' class began their unit about worms.  We began with learning about earthworms in general.  All worms are earthworms, but there are different types of earthworms.  We used night crawlers to see how worms move, how they feel and how long they can be.  We then compared live worms to gummy worms.  On the 29th we will get our red wigglers in the mail.  These are composting worms that we will raise and next year hopefully, use their castings (poop) as soil for planting seeds.  Kelsey did part of her senior project around this unit and we loved having her help us!  We made dirt cups that were filled with pudding soil, oreo worm castings and a gummy worm.  We then made a worm compost bin to have ready for our new class pets.  We have learned many interesting facts about worms.  Ask us to tell you!