Synergistic Lab Blog

I have the Weights & Measures module in the LBC lab and on session 6, it has an experiment involving the scientific process.  I ran out of supplies for it, so I temporarily made an experiment using live roly-polies until the new supplies came in.  In my experiment, the students have to make a hypothesis on which side of a wet/dry container the little guys will go to.  I got that part from here: http://bioweb.wku.edu/courses/Biol114/Behavior/PIll_bug1.asp   Then, they have to do a questionarre sheet, which came from here:
www.waycross.edu/faculty/bmajdi/Pillbug%20Experiment.htm
Also, I give a little lesson on how they are not insects and a few other things. 

Sadly, most of the kids have never picked up a bug (or buglike thing) and most have never even heard of a roly-poly, cricket, or slug.

This is a fun thing to do with them, particularly if they are skittish with the pillbug.

Sidenote: my roly-poly container is doing better than expected.  Yesterday, we found dozens of eggs in the container.

JHughes