1. Stimuli and Response: Sea Monkey Adventures Sara Parr Sigrid Smith Dec. 7, 2006

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4. Stimuli What is a stimulus (plural=stimuli)? What kind of stimuli have you received this morning? How did you detect them? Why do animals respond to stimuli?

5. Sea Monkeys (Brine Shrimp) Brine shrimp are tiny - just 10 millimeters long - but they play a big part of the salt pond ecosystem. Brine shrimp thrive in salt ponds where salinity measures 80 to 190 parts per thousand (8 to 19 percent), where there are plenty of algae to eat and few predators and competitors. www.virtualsciencefair.org/.../picture.html, www.microimaging.ca/animal/17shrimp.html,www.virtualsciencefair.org/.../picture.html www.microimaging.ca/animal/17shrimp.html

6. Shrimp lifecycle is short, so they must respond to changes very fast! ut.water.usgs.gov/shrimp/

7. Your job is to design an experiment testing the response of brine shrimp to stimuli Form groups of 2-3, and think of a list of stimuli you think they would respond to. Chose one, and design an experiment to test your hypothesis. After you complete your experiment, present your results to the other groups.

8. Ground rules Be respectful of the animals. Design must be approved before you begin your experiment.