Exploring Soil Types and Worms at Ferry Meadows Nature Reserve

April 2022, Year 5, age 10

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We began the session by taking soil samples from the meadow, garden, and woodland.

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HB then analysed them by look, feel, and by separating the different layers. A key revealed the types of soil we had.

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Next we listened to a talk about worms and were shocked to discover how big some species can be!

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We then went into the woods for some worm charming. We created vibrations to encourage the worms closer to the surface and then noted their size and type.

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At the end of the session we made a wormery.

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