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+ ward ' s science Page 1 Rose Color Preference in Japanese Beetles Submitted by: Karen M. Recommended Grade Level(s): Appropriate for: Grade 8 Time Requirements: Activity Time: 90 minutes Teaching Topics & Concepts: • Life Science/Biology • Insect Behavior Objective: • Students will conduct a scientific investigation. • Students will observe insect behavior. • Students will determine rose color preference for Japanese beetles, Popillia japonica. Standards: Science as inquiry: All students should develop abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry. • Identify questions that can be answered through scientific investigations • Design and conduct a scientific investigation • Use appropriate tools and techniques to gather, analyze, and interpret data • Develop descriptions, explanations, predictions, and models using evidence • Think critically and logically to make the relationships between evidence and explanations • Recognize and analyze alternative explanations and predictions • Communicate scientific procedures and explanations • Use mathematics in all aspects of scientific inquiry Overview: Japanese beetles are the "thorn in the side" of rose gardeners everywhere. As a child, part of my allowance was earned by picking the beetles off of my mother's rose bushes. I observed that some rose bushes seemed to have higher populations of beetles than others and thus sustained more damage. I often wondered why the beetles seemed to prefer one bush over another. This experiment will help to determine if color is the variable that caused the differences I observed. Materials: • 6 Japanese beetles, Popillia japonica • 6 plastic shoe box size containers with lids • 6 four inch cuttings (including at least one open bloom) from the same yellow rose bush • 6 four inch cuttings (including at least one open bloom) from the same red rose bush • Stopwatch This content is being brought to you by the Ward's World, Science By You program. This program brings lesson and classroom activity ideas directly from science teachers around the nation right to you. From best practices to activities, Science by You offers inspiration for every subject and every grade level. Interested in sharing your own content? Learn how today. PMS200 Black 70% Cool Gray 10 Black Astra Regular get for free from dafont.com

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