This quiz is all about one simple experiment. It looks at one type of minibeast. A class at school wants to find out where woodlice like to live. The children are in groups of four. Each group gathers twenty woodlice from under a log to use in their experiment. They use a choice chamber to investigate. They do simple experiments with the choice chambers. Can you help them do a really good investigation?

Grades 3, 4 and 5 - Science - Elementary School - Investigating - Minibeasts

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10 Questions

1. Josh has a choice chamber. It is divided into four. One part he leaves empty. What should he do with the other three?

Cover one in card to make it darkPut a little water into one of themDo all three of these thingsPut a few leaves into one of them

2. Josh says he thinks they should repeat the experiment. Why does Josh think they should repeat the experiment?

Because it isn’t home time yetBecause he wants to check if the woodlice do the same thing againBecause he likes investigating woodliceBecause he doesn’t like their results

3. How can they display their results?

On a display on a boardWith drawings of the four chambersOn a computerIn all of these ways

4. Ryan is going to get the results. What should he do?

Count how many woodlice are in each chamberCount how many woodlice are in the empty chamberSee where the biggest woodlouse has goneCount how many woodlice are in the wet chamber

5. Joe is going to write down the results. What should he do?

Draw a table with four columnsWrite each one on a scrap of paperDraw a table with two columnsKeep them in his head

6. Kim helps Josh with his experiment. They put the twenty woodlice into the choice chamber. What should they do?

Shake the choice chamber aboutLeave the woodlice for one minuteTip up the choice chamberLeave the woodlice for ten minutes

7. They decide to repeat the experiment. Kim says he thinks they should use the same 20 woodlice. But Joe says they should use a fresh group of 20 woodlice. Why does Joe say this?

Because he wants to collect more woodliceBecause Kim is always wrongBecause it’s fun looking under logsBecause the first 20 woodlice may have learned where to go

8. It takes time to do the experiments. Where should the children keep the woodlice between experiments?

On their desksIn a dry, plastic container above a radiatorIn their pocketsIn a damp, airy box with leaf litter

9. How can they tell other people about their results?

By talking to peopleBy doing all three of these thingsBy emailing their resultsBy writing about their results

10. What should the children do with the woodlice after they have finished their experiments?

Carefully put them back where they came fromTake them home with themPut them in the binWash them down the sink