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Investigating - What Does It Mean?

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Children in a class have been investigating where woodlice like to live. They worked in groups of four. They used choice chambers to investigate. The choice chambers were in four sections:

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1 .

Isabel’s group got these results:

A - Empty - 2
B - Wet - 4
C - Dark - 5
D - Leaves - 9

What did Isabel’s group find out?

Woodlice like dark places

Woodlice like light places

Woodlice like dry places

Woodlice like hot places

Woodlice like moist, dark places best.

2 .

Isabel’s group repeated the experiment. Here are their second set of results:

A - Empty - 0
B - Wet - 1
C - Dark - 8
D - Leaves - 11

Which two results are lower?

Dark and Leaves

Wet and Dark

Empty and Wet

Empty and Leaves

If possible, it would be a good idea to try the experiment a third time

3 .

Katie’s group got these results:

A - Empty - 11
B - Wet - 3
C - Dark - 2
D - Leaves - 2

How many woodlice have they counted in total?

Oh dear! They started with 20 woodlice

4 .

Katie’s group got these results:

A - Empty - 11
B - Wet - 3
C - Dark - 2
D - Leaves - 2

They started with 20 woodlice. But their results only add up to 18. Why might this have happened?

Two woodlice have been eaten

Two woodlice have gone back home

Katie’s group have miscounted

Katie’s group counted two woodlice twice

If Katie’s group had counted two woodlice twice, how many would there be? - 22

5 .

Karen’s group got these results:

A - Empty - 13
B - Wet - 3
C - Dark - 2
D - Leaves - 2

All the other groups found a lot more woodlice in the dark and among the leaves. Why might Katie’s group have got their results?

They waited too long

They didn’t give the woodlice enough time to settle down

They put too many leaves in

They used a magnifying glass

Katie’s group were in too much of a hurry to get out to play!

6 .

Karen’s group repeated their experiment. This time they waited ten minutes. Here are their results:

A - Empty - 2
B - Wet - 3
C - Dark - 7
D - Leaves - 8

How many woodlice are there in total this time?

All the woodlice are there!

7 .

Karen’s group had repeated their experiment. Here are their results:

A - Empty - 2
B - Wet - 3
C - Dark - 7
D - Leaves - 8

What does Karen say about the results?

‘I think woodlice are minibeasts’

‘I think woodlice don’t like being in the light’

‘I think woodlice are interesting’

‘I think it was fun’

It is fun investigating minibeasts, but what had Katie’s group found out?

8 .

The results for all six groups in the class were put together. Here are the totals for the class for the second set of results:

A - Empty - 10
B - Wet - 15
C - Dark - 35
D - Leaves - 60

How many woodlice were counted in total?

100

120

How did you add them up?

9 .

The results for all six groups in the class were put together. Here are the totals for the class for the second set of results:

A - Empty - 10
B - Wet - 15
C - Dark - 35
D - Leaves - 60

There were 120 woodlice altogether. What fraction of the woodlice liked to be among the leaves?