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Then What Happened?

For Teachers K - 3rd
Students complete activities about the story "Diary of a Worm", by Doreen Cronin. In this reading comprehension lesson, students make predictions and apply prior knowledge about the topic of the story. They actively listen as the book is...
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Then What Happened?

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students read the book, Diary of a Worm, by Doreen Cronin. After answering questions, the do a variety of activities such as a "Dear Diary," "Book Report Card," and/or "Animal Mural."
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Measuring in Inches

For Teachers 1st
First graders discover that there are two types of standard measurement using a ruler: centimeters and inches. They use the inches side to measure pipe cleaner "worms"; straigthening them out and laying them on the end of the ruler with...
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Animals of the Fire Ice

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Students study ice worms  and describe how they interact with other species.  In this methane hydrate lesson students study ice worms and hydrate shrimp to learn their behavior and can participate in an optional activity.
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Who Gets Eaten? A Study of Natural Selection

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders represent a new predator on a population of colored worms. They mathematically determine the effect of the new predator on the survival and reproductive rates of the worms, simulating natural selection at work.
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Movies in Your Mind

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students practice visualizing elements from a story. While reading a poem aloud, the instructor models what they see as they read the passage. Students draw a picture of a scene from the book "How to Eat Fried Worms" after reading it...
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Vermiculture Food Waste Compost Program for Touchstone School

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars explore the advantages of composting.  In this recycling lesson students complete a worm compost project and collect food waste to feed them. 
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Color by Number

For Students Pre-K - K
In this counting/coloring learning exercise, students color numbers with a specific color: brown, red, yellow, orange, blue, purple and green. Finally, students count the number of colored "worms."
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Earthworms and Making a Wormery

For Teachers 1st - 5th
Students explore the environment by researching insects. In this earthworm lesson, students utilize soil and plexiglass to build a see through wormery in which students can observe the worms at work. Students identify the benefits of...
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Dear Diary

For Students 1st - 3rd
In this Diary of a Fly activity instructional activity, students write down and draw about their adventures as the characters Fly, Worm, and Spider did.
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Mealworm Exploration

For Teachers 2nd
Second graders explore and discover different things about mealworms. In this mealworms lesson plan, 2nd graders look at, play with, and try to manipulate meal worms.
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Flatworms

For Students 9th - 12th
In this flatworms instructional activity, high schoolers identify and color the different parts of a flatworm. They complete 14 short answer questions related to the topic.
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Bugs Worksheet - What Bugs Do

For Students 1st - 2nd
In this bug themed worksheet, students will examine seven bugs and seven descriptions and then determine which bug matches each description.
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Parasite Development and Life Cycle

For Teachers 9th - 12th
If you are new to teaching agriculture classes, this outline may be helpful when you are preparing a lecture on parasites in livestock. In addition to lecturing on this topic, the lesson plan suggests that learners research the life...
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Decomposition, Soil, and Life Cycle Research

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Students conduct background research on the decomposition process, soil composition, and the life cycle using the resources provided for Internet searches. They work in collaborative groups to research topics as a particular plant, soil...
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Mini-Ecosystems

For Teachers 3rd
Third graders identify the living and non living things in a book read aloud and discuss the interactions represented in the book. Then, they research and include a list of food that each animal needs in an ecosystem. Finally, 3rd...
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This Life Stinks

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students study how organisms that live in cold seep communities get energy from methane.  In this organism lesson students write a brief report and identify oxidation reduction reactions and explain if these are dependent of...
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Let's Make a Tubeworm!

For Teachers 5th - 6th
Pupils discuss deep-sea chemosynthetic communities then create a poster of a three-dimensional tubeworm.  In this creative lesson students create their own tubeworm and write a written report on it. 
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Composting As Recycling

For Students 6th - 8th
In this environment worksheet, students use a milk jug and worms to demonstrate how garbage can be biodegradable in the right conditions.
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What Letters are Missing?

For Students K - 1st
For this spelling worksheet, students fill in the beginning consonant in each of 6 words that include bug, cherry, book, worm, and zero. They match the word to each picture.
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The Bookworm Problem

For Students 9th - 10th
For this algebra worksheet, students solve a word problem by rewriting it using algebraic symbols. They calculate how many inches of book an inch worm ate. This worksheet contains only 1 problem to solve and an answer key.
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Collecting Compost

For Teachers 2nd - 6th
Students observe a composting box. For this soil lesson, students create a composting bin by using a bin, newspaper, worms, and food scraps. Students create a composting food web.
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Sticklers

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Young scholars explore biology by participating in a habitat identification activity. In this sticklers lesson, students utilize land markers as part of an organism simulation in which they examine the habitat of a specific species....
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GUNS & 18th CENTURY NAVAL COMBAT

For Teachers K - 12th
Students use a 4lb gun as a tool to show how difficult and dangerous it was aboard a revolutionary naval vessel. They are also shown the importance of how teamwork can help to complete a job safely and quickly. Students discuss the...

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