Did you ever wonder why mini beasts choose to live in different habitats?

The challenge for today is to investigate which habitats mini beasts prefer.
You will need to build a choice chamber and set up four different conditions.
Dry and light.
Dry and Dark – Cover with dark paper
Damp and light – Damp kitchen towel
Damp and dark -Damp kitchen towel and Cover with dark paper.

Also find some mini beasts, 12 is a good number. Woodlice work well but you could try with any min beasts you can find.

Where do you predict your mini beasts will choose to live?

Set up your choice chamber then place the mini beasts equally around the chambers. Close the lid and wait. Come back every 5 minutes to see where the mini beasts have chosen to live. Repeat every 5 minutes for as long as you can.
You can fill in the worksheet with your results.
Don’t forget to put your mini beasts back where you found them.

Follow up work:
You can look at your results and decide what conditions your mini beasts prefer.
Are they the conditions where you found the mini beast? If not why do you think that is? Share your results on Twitter #NatureDays to see what other people found.