They Keep Coming and Coming and Coming...

While we were in Social Studies today, more worms hatched from their eggs. A total of nine in all today. Amazing! After our chow firmed up enough, we did put a little dollop of it in the dish. As soon as we did the first five worms went running straight for it. Within minutes, four more eggs had hatched and those worms were attacking the food as well. Almost as if they were waiting for it. If you enlarge the picture to the right, you will be able to see some pretty cool details, including the holes in the eggs where the worms came out of. SO COOL! Mr. Boyer was able to catch one on video coming out of it's eggs with the digital camera. The picture was kind of grainy because we had to use the TV screen to enlarge it. You can watch the video by clicking below

Silkworm Hatching

Making Silkworm Chow

Well, now that we've got these little rascals, I suppose we've gotta feed 'em now. Luckily, the company we bought the worms from sent a bag of Silkworm Chow with it. Morgan decided that she wanted to try her hand at making this silkworm delight. I think she got more than she barginned for. Upon opening the package, there was a horrible smell that was a combination of old, cut, wet grass, dirt, and a hint of doggie poo. She and Jordan created the mixture using the step by step instructions provided (good technical reading by the way - WINK WINK). We had to get the microwave and cook it. Man it stunk up the whole room! The finished product didn't look very appetizing either. Green and slimy -it actually did look like baby poop. Now we have to put it in the fridge to firm up a little before giving it to the little worms.

They're ALIVE!!!

It happened today. Riley was the first to notice something different about the eggs on the TV screen. He said, "Hey look, one egg is glowing." It had turned white. Little did we know that out of the view of the camera, a little worm had emerged and was foraging for some food. It was Jonathan who announced to everyone, "Mr. Boyer, I think we've got a live one here!" after he went to take pictures of the dish for the day. Sure enough, not only had one worm emerged from it's egg, but two had hatched. They were crawling around and moving around the petri dish exploring their new world. Well, as you can imagine, we were very excited to see that our eggs weren't duds as we were starting to wonder. Wow, two baby silkworms. We are now proud parents. *Sniff Sniff* Tear.