Everybody knows that worms are good for the soil, but not everybody knows why. Here's a project that investigates just one of the ways earthworms improve the earth.

[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about earthworms and how they help the soil. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.

In this field lab activity, students predict and test areas around the school where they think earthworms will be found. After extracting some from the site, students observe the worms.

Comprehensive resource investigates the earthworm with a description, pictures, and maps. Includes facts on ecology, evolution, habitat, conservation, and external links.

Discover basic facts about the earthworm, also known as the nightcrawler.

A comprehensive resource on earthworms, offering the following sections: "Facts about Earthworms," "Migration and Annual Cycle," and "Lessons Activities and Information."

This resource focuses on where different species of earthworm like to live.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart contains pictures and labels for in-process earthworm dissection.

A collection of lesson plans, quizzes, and educational videos developed for online dissections. The site hopes to improve the learning experience for students, and increase the quality of the dissection experience. Organisms included are...

A biological overview of the earthworm

For this field investigation, students use sampling techniques to identify the types of earthworms found in the schoolyard. Data will be combined for the whole class to get a snapshot of the earthworm population, species, and ecological...

This section (in table of contents as "Phylum Annelida: Segmented Worms") gives a description of how segmented worms developed certain characteristics as well as it explains the differences in the evolution of different classes of...

WormWatch is a Canadian program that uses volunteers to observe changes in the earthworms in their environments, and submit their observations. Monitoring earthworms provides valuable information about the health of local soils so that...

Students are given some guidelines to develop experiments to see how slugs or earthworms repsond to stimuli such as vinegar and light. This activity is designed to last 4 class periods.

A lesson plan based on a study unit of earthworms, using the inquiry model to integrate scientific processes with literacy practices. Instruction plans, related resources, and standards are included.

This site gives a detailed overview of "decomposers": bacteria, fungi, and earthworms. Content includes a look at how decomposers contribute to a symbiotic relationship.

Beginning with reading, "Diary of a Worm" to the students, guide a discussion about how the story is like real worms. The students then keep a day by day activity diary of all the things that happen in their lives to compare their lives...

Contains plans for four lessons that use the book "Diary of a Worm" by Doreen Cronin to teach about worms. In addition to objectives and standards, this instructional plan contains links to PDF handouts and sites used in the lessons as...

Over a period of a week to ten days students observe the impact worms have on soil. Seven easily obtainable objects are all that is needed to complete this activity. 45 minutes are required for setup and some additional time for...

Students learn about worms through sorting red worms and earthworms, and reading a fact-based story.

Students investigate how worms will interact and adapt with their environment.

ABCya! presents its fourth children's storybook for the classroom. Oli Finds His Place in the Dirt, is an original work by Michelle Tocci. The story is about an earthworm who feels sad about not being important. This is a great storybook...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] When you think of worms, you probably picture earthworms. There are actually many types of worms, including flatworms, roundworms, and segmented worms. Earthworms...

Earthworms and other simple animals like the starfish have a different eye structure known as a 'simple' eye.Learn about its anatomy and how it functions.