Spiders: An Organism for Teaching Biology

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:

1. 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!
2. 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:

1. Cut approximately 3" of the larger diameter tubing.
2. Cut approximately 6" of the smaller diameter tubing.
3. Cut approximately 1" of the nylon material.

Fit the smaller tubing into the larger tubing with the nylon materials in between them.

The University of Arizona
Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics
General Biology Program for Secondary Teachers
warder@email.arizona.edu