Worms in School!

Guilford 4th grade had the privilege of hosting a Worms in School workshop. We now have over 2,000 worms living in our classroom! The workshop not only taught us about worms, but also about vermiculture - composting with worms. We now have a worm bin in our room where our new friends are eagerly eating food scraps to create vermicompost. Check out the the Worms in School website to read more. http://www.compostingvermont.org/WormsInSchool.html

Here are a few pictures of our afternoon with Master Gardener, Denise Lindgren

                                       Denise is showing the 4th graders how to set up the bin.

                                            Our new classmates are put into their new home!

Everyone got to take a closer look at the red wigglers. We didn't pick them up because the oils on are                                  hands are not safe for their skin.

                                                  We had lots of fun looking at the worms!

We even found a baby worm, which had just recently hatched from a cocoon (one of the many interesting facts we learned about worms).