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Post by lavandulagirl on Apr 9, 2008 10:39:13 GMT -5
Hey y'all! (that's my faux Virginian, coming through  ) I'm teaching a class about worms to an elementary 4H club. Having lost my notes since the last time I taught such a class 4 years ago, I thought I'd pick your brains... anything you know works well? Besides dissecting, I mean... I'm too girly to cut up worms for fun. The group is about 15 kids, ranging in age from 7 to 13. I'll take all suggestions (about a worm class!) under advisement, so whatever you can contribute would be great. Thanks!
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Post by Alan on Apr 21, 2008 23:00:16 GMT -5
Sorry I missed this post Lav. I think a simple recycling using vermiculture class would be great and very interesting for the kids, for any info you might need you can check out the blog on vermicomposting I did a couple of weeks ago at homegrowngoodness.blogspot.com let me know if you need more information and I'm sorry if this is too late friend! |
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Post by lavandulagirl on Apr 22, 2008 7:38:39 GMT -5
Thanks, Alan... I taught my class last Thursday, and split the time approximately 70/30 earthworms/red wigglers. The kids are going to have way more contact with worms in their garden beds than having worm bins here. I did provide info to their parents re: building a worm bin at home, and a couple have already called me, so that's cool. I brought them each an earthworm from my own beds, and gave them each a magnifying glass so they could see the mouth flap, and the way the clitellum was different from the other segments. The class went about 45 minutes. It was cool.
Thanks for the link to your blog article... I'll most likely be doing this kind of thing again, so it'll still come in helpful! 
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Post by americangardener on May 2, 2008 11:13:08 GMT -5
Hey y'all! (that's my faux Virginian, coming through ) I'm teaching a class about worms to an elementary 4H club. Having lost my notes since the last time I taught such a class 4 years ago, I thought I'd pick your brains... anything you know works well? Besides dissecting, I mean... I'm too girly to cut up worms for fun. The group is about 15 kids, ranging in age from 7 to 13. I'll take all suggestions (about a worm class!) under advisement, so whatever you can contribute would be great. Thanks! Lavandulagirl... i realize this is a bit late. But if you're still teaching that class i thought this might be usefull for ya: www.soilandhealth.org/01aglibrary/010115darwin/fvmc.htmlDave |
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) I'm teaching a class about worms to an elementary 4H club. Having lost my notes since the last time I taught such a class 4 years ago, I thought I'd pick your brains... anything you know works well? Besides dissecting, I mean... I'm too girly to cut up worms for fun. The group is about 15 kids, ranging in age from 7 to 13. I'll take all suggestions (about a worm class!) under advisement, so whatever you can contribute would be great. Thanks!
