Worms! Part of the Garden System

Spring has sprung!  Time to get back to thinking about the garden system.  Every healthy garden needs worms and today we began our study of these awesome creatures.

To introduce this new Expedition I set out containers of "soil" and told the children we would be "scientists" today and our job was to take a close look at soil using our scientific tools. 
(popsicle sticks:)

EEKKK! Soon the squeals began as the children found the worms hidden in each tub.  Yes, we will be studying worms!

Then it was time to assemble the worm farm and take observation notes in our scientific journals.  We will be doing experiments with the earthworms and we will observe the worm farm daily to watch the tunneling begin.