Students will visit museums and gather information about dinosaur habitats, survival needs, and how they met these needs. Students will synthesize the information they gathered at the museum to discuss ways in which dinosaurs adapted to their environments. In this unit, students will learn about decomposition and the life cycle by creating worm bins. Through direct observation, they will develop an understanding of the effects different organisms, including humans, have on one another. Introduction to the Worm Bin Project .
Students create worm bins and begin worm bin activity.
Students organize into small, collaborative groups and match up with partner groups at another school. Collaborative groups of students collect and exchange data and observations related to the worm bins with their partner group. Growing Plants with Worm Castings . Students test worm castings for content using a soil testing kit or through a 4-H extension office. Students use the worm castings to plant seeds, hypothesizing which castings will best sustain plant growth and why.