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 *  How long is an earthworm?
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(6, 5, 46)"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; text-align: left; display: block"> Check out this site to find out - [|Earthworms]
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(6, 5, 46)"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; text-align: left; display: block"> You will see that there are great variations in length.
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(6, 5, 46)"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; text-align: left; display: block"> Pretend the earth worm is 5 cm long. How many earth worms would you have to lay end to end to be as tall as you are?
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(6, 5, 46)"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; text-align: left; display: block"> Cut pieces of yarn 5 cm long. Lie down on the ground and have a friend see how many pieces of yarn it takes to be as long as you are.
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(6, 5, 46)"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; text-align: left; display: block"> Now take a large sheet of paper and trace your body. Draw the earthworm along side of your body. What do you look like in comparison to the earthworm?
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(6, 5, 46)"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; text-align: left; display: block"> Measure other things in the room - What things would be about the same size as an earthworm? What things would be larger? What things would be smaller? Add some of these objects to your picture.
 * <span style="font-size: 130%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(6, 5, 46)"><span style="font-size: 120%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; text-align: left; display: block"> Can you imagine what it might be like to be an earthworm? Ask your teacher to read "The Diary of an Worm" by Doreen Cronin.    <span style="font-size: 140%; font-family: 'Lucida Console',Monaco,monospace; color: rgb(255, 6, 0); text-align: center; display: block"><span style="color: rgb(0, 28, 255); text-align: right; display: block">  **__Home__**