abcteach: Worms - http://abcteach.com/ Type in the word “worms” in the search box for over 30 printables – 3 are free, the rest you can access as a member

Composting with Redworms - http://www.whatcom.wsu.edu/ag/compost/Redwormsedit.htm An excellent article to get you started in classroom composting

Composting with Worms - http://www.toronto.ca/compost/withworm.htm Information to starting a classroom or home compost

Earthworms: http://www.kidcyber.com.au/topics/worms.htm A great site for kids to research

Enchanted Learning: Earthworm - http://www.enchantedlearning.com/subjects/invertebrates/earthworm/Earthwormcoloring.shtml Printable diagram and brief description

Everything Preschool: Worms - http://www.everythingpreschool.com/themes/worms/index.htm Integrating ideas

How to Eat Fried Worms Unit - http://www.mce.k12tn.net/reading/fried_worms_unit.htm A comprehensive lit. unit

Infamous Worm Game - http://www.liquidcode.org/worm.html Don’t start on this or you’ll lose yourself for awhile… it’s an addicting online game of trying to move a worm through a tunnel – good for mouse control!

Inquiry into the Zen of Wormness - http://www.exploratorium.edu/ifi/resources/lifescienceinquiry/doesawormhave.html What a great title! An inquiry unit – practical ideas to help you along

Lesson Planet: Worms - http://www.lessonplanet.com/search/Science/Animals/Worms  288 lessons

NIEHS Kid’s Place - http://www.niehs.nih.gov/kids/worms.htm Scroll down for a java online game for young children to feed the worms

Perpetual Preschool: Worms - http://www.perpetualpreschool.com/preschool_themes/worms/theme.htm Integrating ideas

Teaching With Worms - http://yucky.discovery.com/teachercenter/pg000066.htm Background information for you, activities and ideas for the kids. The flash presentation for kids is: http://yucky.discovery.com/flash/worm/

The Adventure of Herman - http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/index.html An interactive research site designed for kids

The Dirt on Dirt - http://www.exploratorium.edu/gardening/feed/dirt/worms.html A brief one page site from a gardening web, but the visual is awesome and could be incorporated into a learning object

Wikipedia: Earthworm - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthworm Research and images

Worm Farms - http://www.kn.att.com/wired/fil/pages/listwormfareh.html Several sites shared with ideas of how to use them with students

Worm Watch - http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/wormwatch/virtual_worm/index.html A flash presentation on the digestion of a worm. Another excellent part of their web site is the research including great visuals that could be used as learning objects: http://www.naturewatch.ca/english/wormwatch/resources/anatomy.html

Worms - http://www.thinkingfountain.org/w/worms/worms/worms.html Gr. 1 class exploration