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School:
Achieve Language Academy
2169 Stillwater Ave
St. Paul,
MN
55119
Teacher(s):
Susan Benjamin
Asian Ladybug Experiments
Tacita G.
I wanted to find out where Asian Ladybugs prefer to be. To find out, I had three little containers and put them in one big container. In one container I put water (wet paper towel) and rocks. In another I put grass leaves and in the last container I put dirt. I put one Ladybug in there at one time. I watched them and I don¹t think it mattered where they went. They liked all of them. So then I thought of another experiment to do. It was whether Asian Ladybugs are repelled or attracted to different smells. I found out that the Asian Ladybugs like chocolate.
Do Box Elder Bugs Have a Color Preference?
Gregory O.
I wanted to find out if box elder bugs have a color preference. To find out, I cut out a circle that was the right size to fit the bottom of the container, colored it blue, red, green and brown and taped it in. Then I timed how long the box elder bug would stay at each color. He stayed mostly on brown. I found out that box elder bugs given the choice between brown, red, blue and green, prefer brown. I don¹t know why it chose brown, or if there is a different color I did not test that it likes more than brown.
Do Ladybugs Like Light or Dark?
Kaying T.
What I did to try to answer this question was I took two black papers and I covered half of the container with black paper and the other half I left white. I put three ladybugs into the container on the clear side and they stayed there. After that, I put the ladybugs in the dark side and they stayed in the dark. Then I put them in the middle and then two went to the light side and one got stuck outside the dark paper. I think the lady bugs don¹t care if they are on the dark or on the light side because they stay and don¹t move on whatever side I put them.
Does a Beetle Walk Faster When the Temperature is Hot or Cold?
Ka N.
I wanted to experiment to find out if a Bess beetle walks faster when the temperature is hot or cold. I put the beetle into a container and put ice packs inside the container. I set the beetle inside the container for five minutes. Next I put the beetle into another container to walk 29 cm, and I kept track of how long the beetle took. After that, I took the beetle out and put it inside the container that was on a heating pad for five minutes. I took the beetle and put it inside the 29 cm container and let him walk to get to the other side. When I did the cold temperature three times and the hot temperature three times, I found out that two times it walked faster when it was cold and one time it walked faster when the temperature was hot. What I am unsure about my experiment was how come one time it walked faster when the temperature was hot and two times it was faster when it was cold?
What Temperature Do Mealworms Like Better?
Taty B. & Darius C.
We wanted to find out what temperature the mealworms liked better. We set up a container with about 45 mealworms. The container was put on a heating pad for warmth then we put ice packs on half of the container for coolness. Then we waited for five minutes then counted the mealworms to see how many were on each side. The mealworms seemed to like the cold side better than the hot side because after repeating the experiment five times, most of the mealworms went to the cold side. Some possible reasons for our results are that mealworms might live in the cold. They also might hibernate in cold areas. Their season might be fall and winter.
Which Temperature Do Beetles Like Better, Hot or Cold?
Marina H.
I wanted to find out which temperature beetles like better, hot or cold. I warmed up one side of a container on a heating pad and put an ice pack under the container to make one side cold. I used a couple of thermometers to keep track of the hot side temperature, the cold side temperature and in the middle temperature. I used a couple of time clocks to time for a whole five minutes, to time how long the beetle stays on the hot side, the cold side and the middle. When I put the beetle in the container, I start a time clock for five minutes and time which side it goes to. I learned that the beetle seems to like hot temperatures better than cold temperatures. What I am unsure of is that when I switched the hot side to the cold side and the cold side to the hot side, the beetle went to the cold side.
Will an Assassin Bug Move to the Cold Side or Warm Side of a Container?
Liban K.
I wanted to experiment if an assassin bug will go to the warm, room-temperature side or the cold side of a container. I put ice packs on one side and left it normal on the other for five minutes. When I left the assassin bug on the room temperature side, it stayed on this side. When I tried to put it on the cold temperature side it went to a high leaf (away from the bottom of the container). I repeated it and had the same results.