Worms, Yucky or Not Yucky?

Students read Yucky Worms by Vivian French and Illustrated by Jessica Ahlberg

Students have been raising seedlings in their classrooms and are getting ready to start gardening! Students shared lots of knowledge about worms and composting. After reading Vivian French’s book, Yucky Worms, students learned even more fun facts about how beneficial worms are to our environment!

Some  fun facts we learned about worms:

• Worms can live up to 22 years
• Worms have 5 hearts
• Worms have no eyes, they sense vibrations, light, and temperature through special organs in their skin
• The longest worm was found in South Africa, it was 22 feet long
• Baby worms hatch from a cocoon, smaller than a grain of rice
• There are 2,700 different kinds of worms
• Worm poop or castings are nutrient rich and help plants to grow
• Worm tunnels help to bring air into the soil and allow water to reach plants roots