Squirmy Worms

A WebQuest for Preschool about worms

Cindy Gosselin
www.cgosselin@winchendonk12.org

Introduction

You have probably seen worms on the ground in the Spring but did you ever think about where they live and what they do? In this quest you are going to be a scientist and explore the world of worms. You will look at the body of a worm, where they live and what they do to help us humans. You will also help to make a class worm bin with your fellow worm scientists.

The Task

You have 3 tasks:

You will need to find out what body parts a worm has.
You will need to find out how worms are helpful to humans.
You will need to determine which foods a worm can eat.

Process

First you need to explore some information about worms. You have listened to the story, Wonderful Worms by Linda Glaser. Now find out more information about worms. Click on the picture of the bookworm for help.

1. You will need to find out which body parts a worm has.

My Mouth

My Body

You will complete a worksheet with your teacher about the body parts of a worm. Circle three parts that you would find on a worm. Leave your paper with your teacher when it is done.

2. Now that you know what body parts a worm has the next thing you need to do is find out how worms help humans. Remember in class that we read about how worms move through tunnels and that we acted it out using our own bodies. Now we want to discover how worms digest food in the soil and how that helps us.

Click on the word to learn more about Earthworms.

3. Before we make our worm bin together we need to find out what worms eat. Click on the words to visit Mary the Worm Woman.

Now that you have learned about what foods worms eat go and visit the worm deli. Click on the foods that you think worms will eat. When you are done print out the worm deli page and give it to your teacher.

Evaluation

How much do you know about worms?

You did it……………………………...3 smiley faces

You’re getting there………………2 smiley faces

You did it……………………………….1 smiley faces

	Let’s work on this some more	You’re getting there	You did it!
Body parts of a worm	Circled 1 body part	Circled 2 body parts	Circled 3 body parts
Uses puppet to illustrate the recycling process along with a verbal description	Used puppet to illustrate. Used some language and described one part of the process.	Great use of puppet to illustrate and used some language to describe the process. Named at least two steps.	Excellent use of puppet to illustrate and used language to describe the process. Named three or more steps.
Worm Deli Foods that worms eat.	Two or less correct.	Three or more correct.	All five correct.
Stated Objective or Performance	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.
Stated Objective or Performance	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting a beginning level of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting development and movement toward mastery of performance.	Description of identifiable performance characteristics reflecting mastery of performance.

Conclusion

Now that you know all about worms we are ready to build the worm bin. We will work on this project together as a class. Your teacher will have the instructions on how to build it. What do you think about worms now? They may not be pretty but they certainly are our friends.

Credits & References

Web sites:

Http://www.plainfield.k12.in.us/hschool/webq/webq155/

http://www.urbanext.uiuc.edu/worms/

http://yucky.kids.discovery.com/

Book

Wonderful Worms by Linda Glaser

Last updated on April 29, 2004. Based on a template from The WebQuest Page