Honestly, I can’t emphasis enough how much Bumble Bee loved this activity. “What lives in dirt?” might seem like an obvious question to us, but Bumble Bee loved being able to verify her hypothesis (that worms live in dirt) for herself. She did sometimes ask for help with the digging part (perhaps our spade was a little big for her), but she really loved sorting methodically through the dirt to see if there were any worms in that particular load. When our sheet was too full of dirt, we emptied the ‘old’ dirt back into the same patch of garden and started digging again. Liquid worms science experiment Also people don’t think about the fact that they are they are vital in the food chain. So many different animals actually rely on earthworms as a source of food. So they are hugely, hugely important animals for all of us. And yet people don’t really give them a second thought! So start giving a bit more love to the humble earthworm!
The version of the experiment is described using a small flask (250 mL). The large-scale version presented by Steve Spangler for television used a 5L flask. If you’re wishing to do the large version, just adjust the proportions as needed. Can You Save Fred? All earthworms, not just jumping worms, can harm forests by changing the soil structure and forest floor vegetation. Their feeding can result in a loss of soil moisture, compacted soil, exposed roots, erosion and an increase of pathogens and non-native plants. The result is less diversity of native plants and animals in delicate forest ecosystems.