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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
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