Food & Fun Recipes

Worms on a Bun

Ingredients

• hot dogs
• hamburger buns
• ketchup

Instruction

1. Cut the hot dogs into thin slices lengthwise, and score the edges (about three cuts per slice).
2. Boil or microwave until the slices curl like wiggly worms.
3. Add a few squiggles of ketchup, and serve 3 or 4 "worms" on a bun.

Life Science Activity

1. Divide students into teams.
2. Students will research worms as recyclers.
3. Teams will report findings to the class on a poster, as a power point presentation or as a story.

Extra Activity: Read Diary of a Worm, by Doreen Cronin.

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