Half Term Eco Activities (Mrs Bratley)

The School Council and Eco Squad have decided to pick just two weekly actiities instead of two.  For half term, they have voted for a milk/juice carton birdhouse and a wormery.

Birdhouse

If you need instructions, click on the link below:

https://www.homedepot.com/c/ah/how-to-make-a-milk-carton-bird-house/9ba683603be9fa5395fab901e44ed176

Wormery

Click on the link for instructions: https://www.science-sparks.com/make-your-own-wormery/ or read the instructions below.

1. Collect some worms from the garden. Look in the compost heap, under stones in damp places or dig a hole.
2. Cut the top ¼ off the bottle, to make a lid. Make a slit in the side of the lid so that the top can close over the bottom part.
3. Fill the bottle with alternating layers of sand, soil, sand, compost, sand etc. Spray each layer with water so that it is damp.
4. Add a few worms to the top of the bottle and watch them burrow down. Then add the ‘food’ to the top. Wash hands well after handling worms and compost.
5. Wrap the black cardboard around the bottle to make it dark. Worms do not like light and it will encourage them to burrow around the outside of the bottle so they can be observed.
6. Place the wormery in a warm place. Remove the cardboard for observation periods and record findings. Check that the contents are damp and that there is food available for the worms.
7. After 1 week, release the worms back into the garden.

Do not feed worms citrus fruits or onions.