Tips for keeping Meal Worms-
WARNING! You must always arrange for the students to wash their hands after handling worms.
Meal worms will live in a jar with a lid that has several small air holes. The amazing part is that after a few months they turn into beetles. I keep a cup of corn meal flour for each 10 or 15 worms in a jar. They will also eat oatmeal. Once a month or so I pour out the contents over a screen and replace with fresh corn meal flour. Indoor lighting and temperatures will keep them just fine. I leave them in the science centers and students enjoy observing them during centers time. My students enjoy recording data such as the population of the jar and the size of the worms. When the beetles start appearing the students can write new entries in their journals describing how they witnessed the life cycle over time. See this lesson using worms in a measurement race.
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