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THE POTATO TRAP PROJECT

International Snail Race

On your marks get set............
......GO!

 

 I'll win

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Welcome! Read this page and you will find some really cool stuff to do with mini-beasts in your garden !  Schools in 12 countries from the seven continents have said that they will participate and as soon as they send us their results we will create a link below.
Europe Australia North America South America Africa Asia Antarctica
button48.gif (167 bytes)Wales button48.gif (167 bytes)Australia button48.gif (167 bytes)USA button48.gif (167 bytes)Argentina button48.gif (167 bytes)Botswana button48.gif (167 bytes)Indonesia button48.gif (167 bytes)Antarctica (research station)
button48.gif (167 bytes)Sweden button48.gif (167 bytes) New Zealand   button48.gif (167 bytes) South Africa button48.gif (167 bytes) India
  button48.gif (167 bytes) Zimbabwe button48.gif (167 bytes) Sri Lanka

Awaiting results from schools in the following countries:
          button48.gif (167 bytes)Japan  
button48.gif (167 bytes) France     button48.gif (167 bytes)Brazil button48.gif (167 bytes)Kenya button48.gif (167 bytes)Thailand  

How to make a Potato Trap
  • First get a nice big potato. ( Ask your teacher or your mum or dad first! )
  • Carefully cut the potato in half.
  • Scoop the inside of the potato out with a spoon.
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  • Close the potato. You should now have one hollow potato!
  • Make an entry hole in the side of your potato so your mini-beasts can find their way inside!

What do we do next!

  • Place your potato trap half buried somewhere in the school grounds.
  • Your potato trap when half buried should look something like this.
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  • Leave it for three days.
  • Open the trap and see what you have caught.
  • E- mail us and tell us what you have caught. (Please please include photographs or drawings of what you have caught as attachments if possible.)       enlli@santsior.conwy.sch.uk
  • IMPORTANT: Don't forget to release everything you have caught afterwards.
 
Bee_fl.gif (17311 bytes) "Are you ready?"

"Click on the countries at the top of this page to see what has been caught "

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