| Instructions: After reading the poem on the internet site go to each spider website to find the answers to the questions. Write your answers on the worksheet, you do not need to answer in complete sentences. Turn the worksheet in to your teacher. | ||||
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Site #1: Goliath Bird Eating Spider (from Extreme Science) http://www.extremescience.com/BiggestSpider.htm 1. The Goliath Bird Eating Spider, a subspecies of Tarantulas, is world's largest spider. How big can the get? ________________________________________ 2. This article gives us some ideas about why people
are afraid of spiders. Read the first paragraph and explain in your own words why
you think so many people are afraid of spiders.
________________________________________________________________________________________ 3. What happens when you get bit by a Tarantula?
________________________________________________________________________________________ 4. How do Tarantulas hunt their prey?
________________________________________________________________________________________ Site #2: Caring for Tarantulas in Captivity (from the Milwaukee Museum) http://www.mpm.edu/collect/tar.html Read this article from the museum about how to care for your Tarantula. Then fill in the information in the chart below. You do not need to write in complete sentences and you do not need 5 facts in each category, but do your best!!
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Environment Facts
Temperature/Light
Facts
Feeding Facts