Do snails like hot or cold temperatures?
• Hypothesis: If the snail is given a choice of a hot or cold environment it will choose a cold environment. • Data Collection and Measurement: Measure how long the snail stays in each cup (one cup filled with hot water and one cup filled with cold water). Observe the snails in the cups and record observations and water temperature every minute. • Materials: I cup with ice cold water. 1 cup with hot water, 2 measuring cups and 2 snails. • Procedure: Put hot water in one cup and cold water in another. Minute 1 Cold 10 degrees Celsius. Hot water 50 degrees Celsius. Put one snail in the measuring cup and the other snail into the other measuring cup. Then watch what the snails do. • Results: One snail liked both hot and cold water. One snail liked only cold. In one test the snail didn’t want to be in either cup of water. The snail seemed to like the cold water better than the hot water because it moved out of the hot water cup. The snails moved out of the hot water cup. • Conclusion: The s
