Where do woodlice like to live?

Provided Resources

• Where do woodlice like to live? resource

Additional Resources

• Lidded pot with air holes for collecting woodlice
• Large lidded plastic storage box with air holes (to keep woodlice in while creating choice trays)
• Large tray for each group
• Cellophane
• Apples and potatoes
• Flat stones and little pieces of grit
• Different things for a woodlice colony for each group
• Different types of material (paper, clear plastic, dark plastic, carpet)
• 1 minute and 5 minute timers
• Video recording devices

Weblinks
Explanation about choice chambers for woodlice from www.youtube.com
How to look after a pet woodlouse from www.wikihow.com
Setting up a woodlice colony from www.youtube.com

Teaching

• Observe and consider what type of conditions a woodlouse might prefer.
• Set up different colonies in the classroom based on what they know about their habitats.
• Observe the woodlice over a period of time and record the results.
• Use the learning to think about creating or preserving woodlice habitats in the school grounds.

Activities

1. Consider what type of conditions a woodlouse might prefer and recreate those conditions in the classroom.
2. Predict which environment might be preferred by the woodlice.
3. Observe the woodlice over a period of time and record the results.
4. Draw conclusions about the habitat features woodlice prefer.

Investigation - exploring, observing over time
Observe and consider what type of conditions a woodlouse might prefer.
Set up different colonies in the classroom based on what they know about their habitats.
Observe the woodlice over a period of time and record the results.

Vocabulary
Observations, prediction, habitat