JoinIsopod Inquiry: Students learn experimental design by studying sowbug food preferences
For any science teacher who has ever used slugs or snails for behavioral studies, sowbugs—also known as isopods or pillbugs—are a welcome alternative. This inquiry-based activity is an investigation of sowbugs' preferred food sources. In this investigation, students design their own experiment, perform a first trial, and refine the procedure before conducting a second trial.