World of Crickets

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This kit contains materials for a series of laboratory activities called The World of Crickets, which can be customized for any age group of students. Students work in groups to explore the food, lighting, color, and temperature preferences of crickets, who are housed in a classroom habitat. The last activity has students design and conduct their own research study.

Included in the kit:

• Lab manual
• 6 qt. transparent plastic shoe boxes
• Mosquito mesh to cover the containers
• Magnifying glasses
• Small black desk lamps
• Laminated black construction paper
• 8 different colored transparencies
• Heating pads
• Thermometers
• Reusable freezing packs

Teachers must supply:

• Crickets
• Cricket habitat (guidance is provided in the lab)
• Variety of foods for crickets
• Colored pencils
• Brown paper bag, cut into small pieces
• Extra paper, graph paper