1/16/24, 8:20 PM Laboratory Simulation

Student: Anthony Brown

My Hypothesis:
Pillbugs will have random movements between chambers, because they are indifferent to
cornstarch

My Strategy:
I will add 5 pillbugs on the left and 5 pillbugs on the right and count the number of pillbugs on
each side at regular intervals of time.

Experiment Setup:
I will put cornstarch on one side of the chamber and fine sand on the other side of the chamber.

Control Setup:
I will put sand on both sides.

My Conclusion:
The pillbugs tend to move toward the cornstarch, and the control group shows they don’t change
behavior regarding sand.

Collected Lab Data

# Bugs # Bugs # Bugs # Bugs
Time (minutes)
Upper-left Upper-right Lower-left Lower-right
0 5 5 5 5
2 7 3 4 6
4 8 2 5 5
6 9 1 6 4
8 9 1 5 5
10 9 1 6 4
12 10 0 4 6

Saved Graphs

Graph 1

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Upper-left Upper-right Lower-left Lower-right

(Cornstarch) (Sand) (Sand) (Sand)
15
Number of Bugs

10

0
0 2 4 6 8 10 12

Time (min)

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