Lumbricus Terrestris in the Classroom

Reading "diary of a worm" after our visitors went home

Garden Time 

Animals! After discussing the creatures we do and do not want in our garden, we learned about the animals that we sometimes don't even know are there, like earthworms. The class had several organisms of the species Lumbricus Terrestris, (try saying it five times fast) come visit us and we learned that Lumbricus refers to an worm's slimy coat and Terrestris means it lives in the ground.

After tentatively touching our slimy friends, we brought them home to the garden. When handling the worms we thought about being careful and considerate, especially when you are in charge of keeping something or someone else safe.