Family Educational Plan - Roly-Polies...The Power of the Pill Bugs! Pill bugs are easy to find and fun to watch; therefore they are PERFECT for my boys to enjoy! We can spend an hour a day searching, observing, and collecting our roly-poly bugs! Preschool - Mini Entomologists! Have your little ones practice collecting samples by using tweezers (the play plastic kind are great for this). Put your bugs into clear containers. Reuse your left over glass jars or plastic water bottle for collecting. Great hand/eye coordination practice and HOURS of forever fun! This is the link to a fun game: funbrain/brain/JustForFunBrain/Games/Title.html?GameName=RolyPolyRodeo&Brain=justforfun&Grade=7&Language=en_us&GameNumber=4&Color=E27A1D&HardCoded=false&ReturnTo=kidscenter Early Elementary - Roly-Poly Project! These sweet little bugs are known as a Pill Bug. Use the Internet to gather and record information; this will also allow you the chance to show your child how to find a reliable source on the Internet. I love using Wikipedia. Then, have your child write a story about a pill bug adventure. You can write it down for them and they type it on the computer. Or, have them do it all!!! pbskids.org/sid/rolypoly.html Fun web game for beginner computer practice Elementary - Pill Bug Race! Construct a short, narrow path in some shade and on a flat surface using some sticks from the yard and cardboard for the base and draw a finsih line. If the pill bug keeps trying to go under the stick, use that as an opportunity to spark the interest of your child to find out WHY. The bugs are most comfortable in dark places. Create a Roly-Poly trophy for the fastest bug and award the winner!! Upper Elementary - Scientific Method and the Pill Bug Problem! The formal Scientific Method is: Problem, Research, Hypothesis, Experiment, Analysis, Conclusion. First, the problem - you need to decide on a question you would like to answer like: Does a pill bug like to eat dry leaves or fresh leaves, Does a pill bug like the light or the dark, etc. Next, gather your research. The Internet is quick and easy. If you have time, take a trip to the library to practice researching in real books! Follow the rest of the Scientific Method to gain the answer to your question. Learning a method to find answers to questions is an amazing life skill gift you can give to your child! sciencebob/sciencefair/scientificmethod.php Middle School - Design and Build a Pill Bug Complex! Use shoe boxes, cardboard, toilet paper tubes, and old applesauce containers to make a city! I call this recycled construction. Before starting, research the bugs, what they eat, and their habitat. This way your budding engineer or architect can construct the proper environment for the bugs to thrive. shreveporttimes/ext/rrm/rrm_06_2013/index.html
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