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Spiders: An Organism for
Teaching Biology
Special Spider Tools
Spider
Rake
Uses:
- getting spiders out of vials
- encouraging spiders to go where you want them
to go
- scooping up spiders to transfer them to other
areas
Materials:
- masking tape
- cardboard, or other stiff but flexible material
Instructions:
- Using masking tape, cut an approximately 4 inch
long section. Fold over on the sticky side along the length of
the tape a thin row (approximately 1/8" inch wide). Fold
again and again until you have a piece 4" by 1/8". Bend
the tip, approximately 1/8", at a right angle. You now have
a spider rake!
- Using thin cardboard, cut a piece approximately
4" by 1/8". Fold over approximately 1/8" at the
tip at a right angle.
Pooters
Uses:
- transferring flies and other insects to spider
habitats
- catching small insects outside
- impressing your friends by vacuuming up bugs!
Materials:
- plastic tubing of two sizes so that one snugly
fits inside the other
- old nylons
Instructions:
- Cut approximately 3" of the larger diameter
tubing.
- Cut approximately 6" of the smaller diameter
tubing.
- Cut approximately 1" of the nylon material.
- Fit the smaller tubing into the larger tubing
with the nylon materials in between them.
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