Request for Corn Earworms
Thank you for your interest in the Future Scientists Student Outreach Initiative and our corn earworm classroom project. Please complete the following request form and your worms will be FedExed to your school at no charge. NOTE: Your request must be at least two weeks in advance.
Order Dates
The lab in College Station is happy to send out free worms again this coming year but only at certain times to make this more manageable. One three-week period in The Fall and again in The Spring semester.
Please only order worms to arrive at your school during the two time periods listed below.
Please give as much notice as possible to the lab:
- FALL 2009: September 15- October 10 (inclusive)
- SPRING 2010: February 2- March 31 (inclusive)
For More information and lessons available on-line:
http://futurescientists.tamu.edu- click on "Lesson Index"
- click on "Corn Earworm"
To view presentations of student experiments, view or download these powerpoint presentations:
- Gause ISD, TX - 5th Grade
- Gatesville ISD, TX - 6th Grade
- Snook ISD, TX - 6th Grade
- Valley Springs High School, AK - 10th Grade
Got Questions? Ask a scientist!
Project Director:
Dr. Craig Wilson College of Science, Texas A&M University 517 Blocker Building 3257 TAMU College Station, TX 77843-3257 cwilson@science.tamu.edu 979.458.4451
Funding Agency:
USDA/Agricultural Research Service/Southern Plains Area (USDA/ARS/SPA)