DIY Homeschooler

Our Wonderful World Fall is out. It is now available at Amazon and also many of your favorite retailers! We are happy to provide a free lesson from the book ~ Busy Plowmen.

This free earthworm lesson will give you an idea of what we did with the book (and the three other books in the series that are on the way). It is complete in itself and you can just download it and use it.

This 31-page download includes:

• Introduction (with tips for teachers).
• The original “Busy Plowmen” text.
• Labeling diagrams.
• Charts.
• Experiment details.
• Worm observation chart.
• Narration ideas.
• Memory work.
• Notebooking suggestion.
• Copywork.
• Reading list.
• Extended reading: “The Earthworm’s Story” with suggestions.

One note on this particular section of the series: The book mentions Darwin’s work with worms. This was a renown study he did using the scientific method (hypothesize, experiment, observe, and form conclusions from the observable data). Among his discoveries was the earthworm’s role in soil formation (rock weathering), aerating the soil, and increasing the amount of topsoil. Healthy soil will have a large number of earthworms! And, according to Darwin, soil develops very quickly with the assistance of those worms. While considering various options to address his inclusion in a Christian nature study book, we decided to leave it stand as is. We have always used these opportunities for discussion where appropriate.

We hope you will enjoy this free earthworm lesson!

Free Resource

• Our Wonderful World Fall Sample

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Additional Resources

Free Nature Studies: Busy Plowmen (Earthworms)
Free section of our online nature studies.

Our Wonderful World ~ The Books
For years, many have enjoyed our online series based on the book Our Wonderful World by Emery Lewis Howe. Now we are answering the many requests to offer this series of books! More about the series….