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Planaria Main Page
HOME LIFE SCIENCE OBSERVATIONS
Flatworm Care, Experiments, Photos, Videos & Activities
Kid Science from Science Prof Online
Doing science at home is a fun way to engage children in family activities that everyone can learn from! What to do? Why not adopt some flatworms!
Flatworm Fun! Care, Experiments, Videos, Photos & Activities
SPO VIRTUAL CLASSROOMS
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Page last updated 10/2014
They like to rest in the corner of the tank.
Flatworm winter eggs.
PLANARIA UPDATE!
Latest Flatworm News
6/10/13
Planaria Winter Eggs & Babies!
This spring we welcomed a bunch of flatworm babies that hatched from crazy looking winter eggs. Check out the video below!
In late winter of 2013 we ordered Dugesia flatworms as a way to expose my young children to science.
This Planaria Main Page is the gateway to what we've learned so far and all the the materials that we have developed through our home life science explorations: information on keeping flatworms, Dugesia, and flatworm regeneration
Dugesia Flatworm Resources from Kid Science SPO
Everything you need to know to find, house and feed Dugesia, a type of planarian flatworm commonly used in science classrooms and easy to keep at home.
Flatworm Videos
Learn how Dugesia reproduce with summer and winter egg capsules, regrow missing body parts, and even make new flatworms by pinching off part of their own body! Features "Cupcake", the flatworm start of our regeneration experiments.
Flatworm Photos (Click here for more Dugesia flatworm photos)
FREE Flatworm ACTIVITIES!
More Dugesia Flatworm & Kid Science Resources
- Carolina Biological Supply: You can order live flatworms or prepared slides of flatworms from these guys. They also offer a free Planaria Care Sheet.
- Planarians as Bug of the Week from University o as Bug of the Week from University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee.
- Planarian Worksheet with Review Questions from Biology Corner.
- Planarian Regeneration Lab Exercise from Biology Junction.
- Chidester, FE (1907) "Extrusion of the Winter Egg Capsule in Planaria simplississima".
- Planarian, Wikipedia.
Our cross-eyes flatworms! Aren't they cute :)
- Home & School Science for Kids from Science Prof Online: The home experiments of a science teacher and her grade school-age children: tadpole metamorphosis, microscopic pond life, microbiology for kids and links to child-friendly resources for exploring science.
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Young children are natural born scientists, full of curiosity! Check out the at-home experiments and explorations of a scientist mom & her kids.
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