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All About Worms

By : Jennifer Levinsky

ECD 133July 30, 2014Slide2

Science Concepts

Life Science: The Underground Environment

The worm’s underground habitat is a changing environment and a living world.Worms need soil to live.Worms are interdependent.

Worm habitat develops a growing awareness and understanding that animals have their needs met in particular ways in particular places.

Life Science: Senses

Senses can be used to explore the environment.Slide3

Science Concepts

Earth Science: RocksRocks are apart of nature.Earth Science: Water

Water is necessary for living things.Physical Science: SandSand can be useful.

Sand can take many forms and have many textures.Slide4

Science Skills & Inquiry

Skills:

Observing: Using the senses to collect information.Comparing & Contrasting: Discovering similarities & differences between objects or events

Classifying:

Sorting or ordering objects or ideas into groups or categories based on their properties.

Communicating:

Using pictorial, written, or oral language to describe an event, action, or object

.

Prediction:

Guessing what the outcome of an event will be based on observations

.

Engaging, noticing, wonder and questioning

Focus observations

Exploring and investigating

Sharing, discussing and reflectingSlide5

Materials

Materials needed to make a living environment for worms

Large soda bottle SoilGravel

Sand

Newspaper

2 scoopers

EarthwormsSlide6

Materials needed to take care of the worms living environment

Worm Chow

Coffee GrindsBlack construction paperSpray bottle with water

Tape

Dead LeavesSlide7

Materials need for exploring and investigating worms

Magnifying glassesTray

Materials needed for representation and reflection

Journal/Paper

Crayons

Materials needed for clean-up

Paper towels

WipesSlide8

Vocabulary

Burrows: a tunnel the earthworm builds underground.

Segment: rings on a worm’s body.Setae

:

hair on the worm’s body.

Invertebrate

:

an animal without a backbone.

Castings

: worm “poop”Cocoon

:

a special covering that keeps worm eggs safe until they hatch.

Soil

:

DirtSlide9

Books about Worms

Garden Wigglers, Earthworms in Your Backyard

Written by:

Nancy

Loewen

This book will teach children all about earthworms. They will learn where earthworms live, what they eat,

what they are good for. The book also gives a diagram of a worm and its different body parts.

*In the back of the book, there is a list of vocabulary words and definitions.

Creepy Creatures, Worms

Written by:

Valerie

Bodden

This book teaches children about the different types of worms and where they can be found.

The book also shows the predators of worms as well as worms invisible to the eye. The book has realistic pictures to show

children exactly what the worm looks like.

*In the back of the book, there is a list of vocabulary words and definitions.

Life Cycles, Worms

Written by:

Robin Nelson

This book teaches children the life cycle of an earthworm. It shows realistic photos

from when the egg is in the cocoon and hatches to a full grown worm. These pictures give the

children an idea of what the cycle really looks like.

*In the back of the book, there is a list of vocabulary words and definitions. There is also fun facts about earthworms.Slide10

Wonderful Worms

Written by:

Linda Glaser

This book teaches children about the worm’s environment and how worms

make pathways and burrows underground. The book also gives information about how

worms move, what they eat, and how they help gardens grow.

Creepy Critters, Worms

Written by:

Sian Smith

This book teaches children all about the worm, its environment,

and body parts, how they breathe and where to locate them in the ground.

The book gives realistic pictures to enhance a child’s visual knowledge of what a worm looks like.Slide11

Small Group Activity

Let’s Make a Worm Living EnvironmentSlide12

Brief Description:Teacher will:

Introduce themePlace worms on a tray

Discuss living creatures and the need to be gentleTalk about what worms eat and do not eat.Then the teacher will:

Read the book,

Garden Wigglers

, written by: Nancy

Loewen

Set out materials

Go over directions

Begin to add the materials:

gravel

newspaper

2”soil (moisten it)

2” sand

coffee grinds 2”soil (moisten it)

dead leaves

2”sand

worm chow

2”soil (moisten it)

Add worms

After observation, cover the habitat with black construction paper and tape lid back on.

Children will move on to the independent activity using their journals to document their studies.Slide13

Materials for Activity

Bottle

Gravel

Large scooper

Soil

Large scooper

Sand

Worm chow

Coffee grinds

Construction paper

Earthworms

NewspaperSlide14

Concepts/Skills:

Most living things need soil to survive.

The underground environment of a worm is a changing environment and also a living world.Engages, notices, wonders and ask questions pertaining to the habitat of the worm.

Develops an understanding and becomes aware that worms must have their needs met in particular ways in particular places.

Gain a basic understanding of how to build a worm habitat and what to feed them.

Standards:

ELS: K-2.1= Recognizes what worms need to stay alive (including air, water, food and shelter) (South Carolina)Slide15

Independent Activity

Representation/Documentation JournalSlide16

Brief Description:

The children will use their journals to document the worms and their living environment.The children will use their journals every time they observe, explore and/or investigate the worms in their living environment: the habitat.

Materials for Activity

Journal/paper

crayons

Concepts/Skills

:

Records and represents their experiences with the worms.

Standards:

ELS: 11.A.ECF= Make meaning from experiences and information by representing through talking and drawing about what happened during the investigation. (Illinois)Slide17

Small Group Activity

Worm ExplorationSlide18

Brief description:

The teacher will have 3 large tubs of soil in the class.In each tub of soil will be:

nigh crawlers earthworms fake worms (fishing bait)

The teacher will have the students explore each tub and discuss with each other and the group their findings.

Children will be asked to look at the similarities and differences of each type of worm.

Materials for activity:

3 large tubs

1 container of earthworms

1 container of night crawlers

1 bag of fake worms (fishing bait)

2 large scoopers

Magnifying glassesSlide19

Shows a growing awareness of the physical characteristics of the worm.

Begins to explore using their senses and forms questions about worms that guide actions.

Begins to investigate the worms by observing, predicting and asking questions.

Develops an awareness of the diversity of living things and variation within the species of worms.

Shows a growing ability to classify living and nonliving things.

Standards:

ELS:

3.1a.9

= Uses the 5 senses as tools with which to observe, classify, collect information and describe observation. ( Pennsylvania)

ELS: K-2.2

= Identify examples of organisms and nonliving things. ( South Carolina

)

ELS: K-2.4= Compare individual examples of a particular type of animal to determine that there are differences among individuals. ( South Carolina)

Concepts/Skills

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Independent Activity

What do Earthworms eat? Sorting GameSlide21

Brief Description

:

After learning all about worms in the group activities, children can come to the science center for further exploration.

Children can use this sorting game,

what earthworms eat and don’t eat,

to test their knowledge on what worms need to eat to survive.

They can sort through the cards and place them in the corresponding jars that represent what the worm eats and doesn’t eat

.

Concepts/Skills:

Understands the basic needs of the worm (such as food

).

Standards:

ELS: 3.1a.1

= State that living things need air, food and water to survive. (Pennsylvania)