Creepy, Crawly, Squirmy Worms

designed by Marcia Boehning

Introduction  / Tasks  /   Process  /  Evaluation /  Conclusion /  Teacher's Page

The Introduction

Do you think worms are creepy?  Did you know that worms can be our friends?  Follow through this web quest and find out all that worms do for you.  After you learn 5 facts about worms, you will be a "worm expert."  All of our worm experts will work together to build a worm bin for our class.

The Task

Your job is to collect worm facts on your fact sheet.  You will work with a partner.  You must show your worm fact sheet to your teacher before we can build the worm bin.

Look

Look at the pictures of two worms.  

Learn

Learn some worm facts.  

Answers questions about worms.

Have some fun

Read a book about worms from our collection.

Look at the worm fun page and complete the word puzzle.

The Process

Print out your copy of the worm fact sheet by clicking here.  Answer the questions in the Web Quest on your fact sheet.

Step 1:  Look at the two pictures below.   Write down two describing words about worms on your worm fact sheet.

Step 2:  Look at the picture of the worm body parts.  Copy the names of the body parts onto your worm fact sheet.

Step 3:  Worm facts

Link to the Web page

www.urbanext.uiue.edu/worms/facts/index.html

Look at your worm fact sheet and answer True or False to the questions in part 3 after reading the worms facts on this Internet page.

Step 4:  Choose one of the books about worms from our collection and read it with your partner.  You should both read one book.

Inch by Inch by Leo Lionni

The Word Eater by Mary Amato

It Could Still Be a Worm by Allan Fowler

Worms Wiggle by David Pelham

Slimey to the Moon by Stephanie St. Pierre

If you are looking for a longer book about worms to read on your own try There's a Hair in My Dirt by Gary Larson or How to Eat Fried Worms by Thomas Rockwell.

Step 5:  Link to the worm fun page and complete the word puzzle.  You might like the worm jokes too!

The Evaluation

Click here for the evaluation rubric and print it out.  You will complete it with your teacher.  Be sure to take your Worm Fact Sheet and your Worm Fun Page too!

The Conclusion

Now the fun begins.  You are ready to build the worm bin.  We will work on this project together as a class.  Do you still think that worms are creepy?  Well, they are squirmy,  but worms can be a big help to all of us in our gardens or in the big world around us.

Your teacher will get the directions for building a worm bin from the Teacher Page.  Hope you have had some fun with this web quest.