Mealworms!

Esta semana en clase hemos aprendido muchas cosas. Comenzamos nuestra unidad de insectos y aprendimos de que todos los seres vivos necesitan el aire, alimentos, agua, y un hogar para crecer sanos y fuertes. También construimos el hábitat para nuestro gusano de la harina usamos avena, una taza y una tapa. Observamos el gusano de la harina y descubrimos que son muy rápidos y no les gusta la luz.

This week in class we learned a lot of things. We started our unit on insects and learned that all living things need air, food, water, and a home to grow healthy and strong. We also built our mealworm's habitat using oat bran, a cup and a lid. We observed their unique ways and found out that they are very fast and don't like the light.

We talked about basic needs for air, food, water, and habitats.  We know that animals need their basic needs met in their habitats, but we found out that animals also need a habitat that offers protection from predators and danger.

We drew pictures of the habitats we were going to build for our mealworms and then we built the habitat.  

    

We made our mealworm habitats from a cup with a lid so that the mealworms have protection.  If the mealworms were to crawl around the room they would be in danger of being stepped on, going into the vacuum cleaner, or being swept up by the janitors.  We poked holes in the lids so that our animals could get air.  We put oat bran in the cups because the mealworms like to hide in it.  The food we provided for our mealworms is carrots.  Our mealworms will not drink water.  They will get the water they need from the carrots they eat.  

Finally, we started a tally chart for our mealworms.  We will track how many mealworms we have at each stage in the insect life cycle.  We found out today that a mealworm is the larva stage, and when they are adults they will have wings.  Mrs. McLaughlin won't tell us what our insects will be when they are adults.  We will have to watch them and see.