2.+Great+Grains!

=//** Great Grains! **//=

**Question:** Do mealworms prefer a certain type of grain? **Materials:**  - 1 tbsp of oatmeal   - 1 tbsp of white flour   - 1 tbsp of whole wheat flour   - 1 tbsp of psylium fiber   - a small box **Manipulated Variables:** There are none ** Responding Variables: ** The mealworm's choice of grains ** Hypothesis: **  The mealworms will show a distinct preference for one type of grain over the others and this will be shown by the amount of mealworms in that grain. **Predictions:**  Sarah Blackadar: I predict that the mealworms will choose the psylium fiber because it is the most nutritious. Sara Belliveau: I predict the mealworms will choose the white flour because it is soft. Carol Burroughs: I predict the mealworms will choose the psylium fiber because it is light and soft. Emily Jay: I predict the mealworms will choose the oatmeal because it is the most filling. **Plan/Procedure:**
 * 1)   Place 1 tbsp of each grain in each corner of a small box.
 * 2)   Place 4 mealworms in the centre of the box and observe for 2 minutes which grain they choose.

**Controlled Variables:**  - The placement of the grains   - The type of grains   - The amount of grains   - The placement of the mealworms at start of experiment **Observations, Data, Tables, Graphs:**
 * **Trial** ||  **Observation**  ||
 * **1** ||  2 mealworms went directly to white flour and burrowed into it, 1 to oatmeal and also burrowed and one stayed in place.  ||
 * **2** ||  3 mealworms to white flour and burrowed, and 1 to oatmeal who also burrowed  ||

**Conclusion:**  The clear preferences for the mealworms were the white flour and the oatmeal. One mealworm did not move however since the mealworms have not been very active lately we are attributing it to that. **Comments:**  The mealworms got quite active after being in the flour, perhaps there is a relation between their energy and consumption of white flour.