Tarantula
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How do
you feel about spiders?
Do you
like to watch them or do you want to stomp on them?
During
these lessons, you will become arachnologists.
Arachnologists
are scientists who study spiders.
Spiders
are not insects. They are arachnids.
There
are many kinds of spiders, but all spiders have one thing alike, 8 legs.
You
will find out about a spider named tarantula.
Tarantulas
look different than most spiders, because they are hairy.
You
will learn
Get
ready to explore the world of tarantulas!
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Congratulations!
A tarantula has been given to the zoo. The Spider House has space, but
the zoo has never had a tarantula and there is no home for it yet. You
are entomologists. You have been asked by the director of the zoo to help
find out what kind of tarantula the zoo was given and to help with the
display of it. Your task is to learn about tarantulas, so you can identify
the tarantula and teach the zoo keepers how to create a home and to care
for it.
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The person
sending the picture of the tarantula to the zoo sent four different pictures.
We don't know which one will be ours, so we need to learn about all
four. There will be four teams of arachnologists learning about the tarantulas.
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Spider 1 | Spider 2 | Spider 3 | Spider 4 |
Spider
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Spider
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Each team will learn about one tarantula (do more if you like, of course).
You will
make and label two pictures.
One
picture will show what the tarantula looks
like (in full color). Include
1. a picture showing details of the tarantula (label all its parts), and
2. words giving both the common and scientific names of the spider.
One
picture will show
1. a cage that will keep the tarantula safe (in full color),
2. the food and moisture the tarantula needs, and
3. labels for things in the cage.
A short paragraph telling
information to help
us care for the tarantula.
Answer
these questions: 1. Does this tarantula need places to climb?
Why?
2. What does the tarantula eat?
3. What
should we do when it molts?
Each
person on the team will draw his/her own picture and write his/her own paragraph.
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All arachnologists
will think about this problem and find a solution.
Some
people are afraid of tarantulas. Why do think this is so? Think of how
you would make a tarantula so it would be less scary. Show your tarantula
with an illustration or a model. Write about the way you made it different
from a real tarantula.
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a slide show of a ![]() There are 24 images of this spider named Don. |
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large is an adult Chilean Rose? See some pictures of a
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When
a tarantula grows bigger, it molts,
or sheds its skin. It starts by lying on its back and when it is done,
it is a bigger tarantula.![]() ![]() |
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Sites! Click
on pictures or
underlined words to connect to links.
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You have learned about six tarantulas. You know what they look like, what environment they need, what they eat, and how to protect them. Do you feel the same about spiders as you did before your study?
How do
you feel about having a tarantula as a class display animal? How do you feel
about Sheila and Bubbles?
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Rubric
My spider
picture is colorful and is my best work. (10 points)
My spider picture is not colorful and is not my best work. (5 point) |
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My spider
picture has the common name and the scientific name. (5 points)
My spider picture is missing the common name or the scientific name. (2 point) |
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My cage
picture is colorful and has labels. (10 points)
My cage picture is not colorful or does not have labels. (5 point) |
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My paragraph
makes sense and details how to best care for my tarantula. (20 points)
My paragraph is not very detailed or it has many errors (spelling, grammar or factual). (10 points) My paragraph does not make sense. (5 point) |
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