Pill Bugs Attraction to Colored Lights Introduction: This experiment was
Pill Bugs Attraction to Colored Lights Introduction: This experiment was conducted to see which colored light pill bugs would prefer more out of red, blue, yellow, and green lights. If pill bugs went to the green and yellow lights more than the blue and red lights, then this means they like brighter lights more than gloomier lights. For the experimental group, the colors used were blue, red, yellow, and green. The controlled group was the middle chamber. It got regular light from the classroom. The independent variable was four different colors of the lights. The dependent variable was the light they chose to go to. After three trials that lasted ten minutes each, we recorded all the information down in a table.
Procedure: Materials: 10 Pill Bugs, 4 Lights (1 Yellow, 1 Red, 1 Blue, 1 Green), 1 Chamber with 4 dividers, and a stopwatch.
1.) You must collect 10 pill bugs.
2.) Put each different light color light in one of the sections in the chamber.
3.) Put the 10 pill bugs in the middle of the chamber with four dividers.
4.) After each minute, record down how many bugs went to each light. Use your stopwatch to have an accurate minute.
5.) Repeat step 4 for 10 times which equals a total of ten minutes. Each trial is ten minutes. You have to do 3 trials total (30 minutes).
6.) Put all of your recorded information on your data table now.
This is a controlled experiment because I control all of the independent variables and everything else there is in the experiment except the dependent variable.
Number of Pill Bugs Time in Minutes Red Blue Green Yellow Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 1 0 2 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 5 4 5 2 3 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 4 3 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 5 4 2 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 5 5 5 3 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 6 6 3 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 6 7 3 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 6 8 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 6 9 5 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 6 10 3 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 6 6 Subtotal 30 22 40 9 5 2 5 4 2 36 51 55 Grand Total 92 16
Procedure: Materials: 10 Pill Bugs, 4 Lights (1 Yellow, 1 Red, 1 Blue, 1 Green), 1 Chamber with 4 dividers, and a stopwatch.
1.) You must collect 10 pill bugs.
2.) Put each different light color light in one of the sections in the chamber.
3.) Put the 10 pill bugs in the middle of the chamber with four dividers.
4.) After each minute, record down how many bugs went to each light. Use your stopwatch to have an accurate minute.
5.) Repeat step 4 for 10 times which equals a total of ten minutes. Each trial is ten minutes. You have to do 3 trials total (30 minutes).
6.) Put all of your recorded information on your data table now.
This is a controlled experiment because I control all of the independent variables and everything else there is in the experiment except the dependent variable.
Number of Pill Bugs Time in Minutes Red Blue Green Yellow Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 Trial 1 Trial 2 Trial 3 1 0 2 4 1 1 1 1 2 0 5 4 5 2 3 1 4 1 0 1 0 1 0 2 5 4 3 4 2 4 0 0 0 0 1 1 3 5 5 4 2 2 4 0 1 0 2 0 1 2 5 5 5 3 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 4 6 6 3 3 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 4 6 7 3 2 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 5 6 8 4 2 4 1 0 0 0 0 0 4 6 6 9 5 2 4 0 1 0 0 0 0 4 7 6 10 3 3 4 1 1 0 1 0 0 4 6 6 Subtotal 30 22 40 9 5 2 5 4 2 36 51 55 Grand Total 92 16