Today we investigated the red wriggler worms that we're putting in our worm bin by looking at them under magnifying glasses. The kids enjoyed the worms--many held them! The worm eggs are small and yellowish. You can see them in the second photo below. We discussed that the worms are voracious eaters and that means that that eat a lot. The kids could see the worms digesting food as it moved through their bodies. Some kids also planted tomatoes and beets. Other kids harvested the stalks and leaves of the broccoli plants and put them in the compost bin.
Thanks to the parents, students and teachers who contributed vegetables and fruit to our compost bins and the cafeteria manager who saved coffee grounds! We will be adding to our bins every Wednesday, so please bring the worms some food next week!
Here is what they did, in the words of one second grader (written on my laptop):
We saw red wrigglers digesting food.
We saw pill bugs.
We saw worm eggs.
We saw red wrigglers.
We looked at the red wrigglers with magnifying glasses.
"E" Room 11
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