Science After School

In our final week of the spring semester we wrapped up exploring our questions around worms. We counted our worms first. We had 20 worms from the store the first week, and 20 worms we dug up in Science Corner beds. This past week, 5 weeks later, we only found13 store bought worms, and 9 Science Corner worms. Why do you think that is? We decided it could be because the worms were just difficult to find, that we didn't try long enough, or that they actually died and their bodies became too difficult to find. 

After we counted our worms we reexamined some of the questions that we had our first week. Small groups of YES teens investigated whether a worm would respond to light, why they thought the worm kept coming off the plate, how fast a worm could go, and would worms crawl toward each other. Groups conducted their experiment and then presented out to the group. 

Before spring break we continued our challenge with bubbles and tried to see if we could fit a "kid", or in this case a YES teen, inside a bubble. YES teens used their inquiry skills and discovered that some techniques worked better than others. See below for a photo blog of the action. 

First, we added dish soap to water. What do you suppose is the best ratio of soap to water? 

so today we went outside to look for more worm. as you know it is not warm out there. as i was gathering the worms i started to wonder do worms get cold because i sure was. now the dirt that the worms were in was cold and it was making my hands cold so were the worms cold. they should have been because as you know worms dont have fur or hair like people or other animals so i really want to know this.

DO WORMS GET COLD????