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What I Know About Worms
Features of Worms
When you hold the worm can you see some of these features of its body shown in the picture below?
Amazing Worm Facts:
- Worms have 5 hearts.
- An adult worm can produce 1 egg capsule a week – the egg is the size of a match head and has on average 2 to 4 baby worms inside.
- Worms self-regulate their population.
- Each worm can eat half their body weight in fresh food each day and often worm farms contain 5000 – 10,000 worms (average – 1000 worms weigh approx. 250 grams).
- If its tail gets chopped off it will grow a new one.
- There are some worms in Australia that are longer than your teachers!
AND…….Worm ‘poo’ (casting) is SOIL!
What I Know About Worms Activity Teacher Instructions (Years K-2)
What I Know About Worms Activity Sheet (Years K-2)
Worms Make Soil S1 Extension Activity (Years K-2)
Features of Worms Resource Sheet
Worm Magic Recipe
Compost Heaps & Worm Farms Are Living Things – Educator Notes
