Lesson 101: Habitat for a Tarantula

Questions

What type of habitat would you make for a pet tarantula?
How would you meet its needs?

Game Plan

Research tarantulas! Be sure to view the various video clips.
SpiderRoom.info . . . Anatomy . . . Examine a Tarantula

Make a drawing of a cage that you would set-up for a pet tarantula.
Label the various parts of the habitat.

Research the Black Widow Spider! What habitats does it like?
When collecting spiders, what habitats should you avoid?
SpiderRoom.info . . . Spider Species . . . Virginia Spider . . . Black Widow

Collect a spider from your yard. Set-up a habitat for the spider.
Observe it for 3 days. Record your observations in a Spider
Journal.
SpiderRoom.info . . . Anansi’s Classroom . . . Lesson 101 Game Plan . . . Activity 101 A: Home Away from Home

Read about spiders.

• Tarantula Myth
  
• The Lady and the Spider, a book by Faith McNulty
  
• The Tarantulas, a book by William R. Sanford and Carl R. Green
  
• The Lives of Spiders, a book by Dorothy Hinshaw Patent
  
• A Spider Might, a book by Tom Walther

SpiderRoom.info . . . Spider Yarns

Be a spider mathematician.

• Four tarantulas were in a yard. Three came to visit.
  How many tarantulas are there?

• Twenty flies walked by a tarantula. Twelve came to dinner.
  How many flies survived?

What I have learned

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