Name ______

Animal Behavior

Before you begin, save this Lab Report Template on your computer as LastNameAnimalRead all the instructions below BEFORE you start!

Purpose:

·  to study the orientation behavior of simulated pill bugs (simpill bugs)

·  to investigate the effects of wet and dray environments on simpill bugs

·  to study the movement of simpill bugs between wet and dry chambers as a function of time

Materials: http://www.ucopenaccess.org/courses/APBioLabs/course/index.html

Procedure:

1.  Go to AP Biology Labs at
http://www.ucopenaccess.org/courses/APBioLabs/course/index.html

2.  Select Lab 12: Animal Behavior

3.  Read the overview.

4.  Watch the video.

5.  Read the Lab Manual

6.  View the Equipment

7.  READ AND PRINT OUT THE PROCEDURE!
(Click the printer icon at the top right of the procedure screen to print out the entire procedure!)

8.  Enter the SimLab and follow the procedure that you printed out.

a.  Practice a bit so you understand how the simulation works!

b.  You can click on Manual to get an overview

9.  Record your data in Data Table 1, below

10.  Construct a graph of your Average Number of Simpill Bugs in Wet and Dry Environments vs Time using Create-a-Graph http://nces.ed.gov/nceskids/CreateAGraph/

Results: See Data Table 1 and graph, below

Discussion:
Please support your statements with information from Data Table 1 and your graphs!

1.  Does the simpill behavior in the dry chamber represent taxis or kinesis behavior? Explain

2.  Does the simpill behavior in the wet chamber represent taxis or kinesis behavior? Explain

3.  What orientation behavior do the simpill bugs present as they move from one chamber to another?

4.  What is the independent variable in this experiment? What is the dependent variable?

5.  What information does the graph provide?

6.  How is simpill bug behavior related to the physical characteristics of simpill bugs.

7.  Do you think real pillbugs would behavior the same as the simpill bugs?

Conclusion:

One statement about environmental preferences of simpill bugs.

Reflection: Personal statement about what you learned from this lab activity.

Data Table 1: Simpill Movement in Wet and Dry Environments
Time / Trials
Set 1 / Set 2 / Set 3 / Average
0:30 / Wet / Dry / Wet / Dry / Wet / Dry / Wet / Dry
1:00
1:30
2:00
2:30
3:00
3:30
4:00
4:30
5:00
5:30
6:00
6:30
7:00
7:30
8:00
8:30
9:00
9:30
10:00

Please cut-and-paste Graph here!

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AP Biology