Where were the red worms? What did they look like?
Was there any kitchen waste, natural litter, or newspaper left in your jar?
What happens when compost worms interact with organic litter?
Tuesday, February 11, 2014
Red Worm Observations...2 months later
What did you predict you would see in your red worm jar? Were you correct?
Where were the red worms? What did they look like?
Was there any kitchen waste, natural litter, or newspaper left in your jar?
What happens when compost worms interact with organic litter?
Where were the red worms? What did they look like?
Was there any kitchen waste, natural litter, or newspaper left in your jar?
What happens when compost worms interact with organic litter?
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Quinn, i saw what i expected in the jar, MORE DIRT!!!! but we had more red worms. most of the red worms were in the sides and they were all skinny. There was still some natural litter but no kitchen trash. when worms interact with natural litter they eat it and everything!
ReplyDeleteI expected the jar to be empty. But it wasn't. The worms ate everything! There was newspaper and 5 worms.
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ReplyDeletemy prediction wasn't supported because I thought the red worms would be dead but they are not. The red worms looked normal and healthy. There was no kitchen waste left at all, even the newspaper was gone. But the natural litter was still in there. I had a fun time learning about red worms.
I predicted they would be dead, but they weren't. The natural litter that was left had grown mold and it smelled terrible! They were super skinny like a string but miraculously still alive! Goodbye redworms.
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My prediction was that there would be not a lot of soil, but a lot of worms. I was not correct because there was a lot of dirt and only 1 WORM! We named our worm Godzilla! Godzilla was found deep inside the dense soil and we had to dig him up to find him! Godzilla is huge and long, that is why we named him his name. There was not a lot of kitchen waste, but there was a lot of soil and newspaper. When compost worms interact with natural litter, then the worm will most likely EAT it or go to the bathroom in it to make fertilizer. I really enjoyed this lab!
When I made a prediction about the red worms I thought most of the waste and all the other waste would be gone. I was correct and I wasn't surprised to be, for I have tried an experiment where we had worms and a long time back we had checked on them, the we checked on them 3 months in the future, and most of the waste had vanished. There was still many red worms in the jar although Quinn and I found a few dead. We found 9 red worms including babies. They were very skinny and long making them lanky. They were deep into the dirt. There was a still kitchen waste, natural litter, or newspaper left in my jar, although there was lots of newspaper. i think the worms lived off of the kitchen waste that we put into the jars.The compost worms would probably eat the organic litter, because compost worms are like earthworms. I thought this lab continuation was very interesting.
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Pragathi
ReplyDelete1. I predicted that I would see red worms and barely any dirt in the jar. I was not correct, because there was tons of dirt in the jar and there was only one red worm!
2. Our (Rachel, Om, and I) red worm was underneath some dirt and newspaper. The worm was fat, long, and brownish-red.
3.There was some newspaper, lots of soil, and very little natural litter in our jar.
4.When compost worms interact with organic litter, they break it down into compost.
Thanks, Mrs. Yates! I really liked this lab! we named ours Godzilla!
In class, I predicted that our red worms would get longer and skinnier and I also predicted that our red worm jars would lose lots of kitchen waste. I found out that I was correct for the second prediction and incorrect for the first. The red worms were not red. They were pink mixed with white. They were also short and thicker. We even found a baby! When compost worms mix with organic litter, most of the litter goes away because the red worms eat them. -Auhona
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ReplyDeleteProbaly dirt. ? ? They eat it.
If you were wondering where I've been it's Disneyland
I've been in Disneyland Ms. Yates
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Maria
ReplyDelete1) I predicted I would see decomposed material. I was partially correct because there was rich, fertile soil left, but there were also some whole objects. There were moldy leaves and eggshells.
2) The red worms were like everywhere in the dirt and they were long and skinny. Ariana and I found a baby, no thicker than a pencil line, as small as quarter of a crayon, under a surprisingly intact eggshell.
3) There were moldy leaves and eggshells left in the jar.
4) When composting worms come in contact with natural litter they eat and defecate, leaving a rich soil full of nutrients.
Om,
ReplyDeleteI predicted that all the kitchen waste would be gone
i predicted that i would see many dead worms and dried up soil. the redworms were still strong and healthy. there was no kitchen waste but, if there was it was very little. the compost worms eat/break down them.
ReplyDeleteI predicted that there would be no litter or newspaper but there would be redworms and some kitchen waste. My prediction was correct because there were redworms and wheat seeds still left. The redworms were in the soil near the middle of it. There was kitchen waste left but no litter and newspaper. When redworms interact with organic litter the redworms usually eat the litter.
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