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Our bugs and soil project began on a warm, sunny
day at the end of April. We decided to begin the adventure by capturing
bugs first. The students were divided into three groups. Each group was
assigned to collect bugs from three different areas around the school.
The three areas included the lawn in front of the school, a patch of tall
grass next to the school, and the courtyard behind the school. Students
were given yardsticks and instructed to measure a 15cm. X 15 cm. square
in their designated areas. After they had made the appropriate measurements,
each group got to work. They used trowels to make a 15 cm. deep hole in
the ground. They collected bugs from the hole and placed them in plastic
containers. Once the bugs had been collected from each area, the students
congregated back in the classroom to discuss their findings. After recording
the types of bugs that they found, they set the bugs free in the courtyard.
The students were placed in the same three groups the next day. They were
asked to collect and analyze soil that they would gather from their assigned
bug collection area. Students used trowels and yardsticks to make the same
measurements that had been made the day before. They used three separate
plastic bags to collect samples from the top, middle, and bottom layer
of the hole. After the students collected each layer and labeled each bag
accordingly, they met in the classroom to debrief and record their findings.
Please see the attached chart to find out what we discovered during our
bug and soil collection! |
