As many earthworms live in my garden, I can easily bring a few in an envelope to my English lessons with children in Istanbul. I dedicate this lesson to Rita because she always expresses her curiosity about nature and gently handles the insects.
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| Earthworm in the dirt in Istanbul on May 27, 2014 |
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| Earthworm in water on paper in Istanbul on May 27, 2014 | | | |
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- Describe the earthworm:
- The earthworm has lots of lines along its thin body.
- It is light pink and dark purple.
- Where does the earthworm live?
- The earthworm lives underground in the dirt.
- What does the earthworm do underground?
- The earthworm eats dirt, digs tunnels, and sleeps.
- How does the earthworm move?
- When active, the earthworm wiggles, crawls, inches along, loosens the dirt, and digs tunnels.
- When inactive or passive, the earthworm lays still.
Read
Willie the Worm and His Home in the Soil by the Green Education Fund (2010) to answer these questions:
- What's another word for 'dirt'?
- What lives in the soil?
- spiders
- ants
- millipedes
- woodlice
- termites
- earthworms
- prairie dogs
- ground squirrels
- How do earthworms help plants?
- Plant roots spread out better after the earthworms dig air tunnels and loosen the soil.
- How can we help the soil?
- Make compost.
- Keep the earthworms.