Wonderful Worms

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In April 2014, The Giving Tree Class at Temple Emanuel in Dallas, TX attended a class in the Living Science room.  The class began with Heidi reading the book Wonderful Worms by Linda Glaser.  

Following the story, Heidi broke the children up into small groups.  Each group was given a metal pan with soil in it.  In addition to soil, the pan included worms of various sizes.  

The children used their fingers to carefully move the dirt around until they found a worm.  They watched as the worms moved through the soil by "stretching and squeezing".  Once a worm was found, they had an opportunity to hold the worm.  

Once the worms were removed from the soil, a classroom teacher put them on a white piece of paper for the children to better observe them.  The excitement in their voices was evident.  The children were quick to observe them; "it looks like an S", "there are 2" and  "it looks like a seahorse".