Have your students ever wondered how earthworms move without legs? Are they curious to know how many hearts an earthworm has? Or, maybe YOU were wondering how to make a worm bin so your students can observe these underground creatures.

You can do all of that an more in this Short Stuff topic. Take a squirm on the wild side!

Included:

• each element of the P.O.W.E.R. Plan
• links and booklists
• student materials and answer keys
• background information
• suggestions for classroom activities

Students will:

• discover the role earthworms play in the environment
• observe earthworms at work
• learn appropriate vocabulary
• diagram an earthworm's digestive system
• and more!

Try it out for yourself! We've made the Short Stuff topic Everyone Loves EARTHWORMS free for you to try.

Complete the whole picture! FREE student materials are also available for this topic. You will find them in Just for Kids!

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Included in this Theme Topic:
ABC, Acrostic, BioPoem, Chant, Cinquain, Diamonte, Epitaph, Free Verse, Haiku, List Poem, Lune, Occasional, Quatrain, and Shape ... Whew!

Included:

• each element of the P.O.W.E.R. Plan
• links and booklists
• student materials and answer keys
• background information
• suggestions for classroom activities
  (including forms not found in the student section)

Students will:

• play with poetic language
• experiment with different poetic forms
• create word lists for later use
• publish a poetry journal
• and more!

FREE student materials are also available for this topic. You will find them in Minds ON! KIDS!

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Included:

• each element of the P.O.W.E.R. Plan
• suggestions for classroom activities
• links and booklists
• student materials and answer keys
• background information

Students will:

• develop a working definition of a desert
• locate deserts found throughout the world
• look at life in the desert ... humans, plants, and animals
• discover the landforms common to desert areas
• use high level thinking skills to solve problems and make predictions
• use resources to locate and record information
• and more!

FREE student materials are also available for this topic. You will find them in Just for Kids!

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