Scorpion black light portable#

Use the terms “strongly fluorescent,” “mildly fluorescent,” “little florescence,” or “no fluorescence” when recording the intensity of the glow seen.

Turn on the Black light an aim the beam at each animal.

Cover the jars with wire mesh screening and tape the mesh securely to the jars.

Using forceps or tweezers carefully place a crayfish, centipede, millipede, cricket, and the scorpion into separate jars.

Wear protective gloves whenever catching, transferring or otherwise handling a scorpion.Gather 5 empty clear plastic cups or baby food jars.The Tri-fold display board is available from an art & craft store.

Scorpion black light portable#

A 6 inch portable UV Black Light and fixture is available from the local hardware or lighting store or from Educational Innovations catalog #UV-640. The live animals needed for this project can also be ordered online from Nasco Science. The various animals are available at most pet supply stores, or captured in the wild. Tweezers, cups, wire mesh screening and masking tape can be a purchased locally at most major retail (Wal-Mart, Target, Dollar general, etc) discount department stores. Many centipedes species glow under UV light to some degree, especially the terminal legs and often the antennae.Īny required diagrams/pictures (Pictures speak a thousand words!)ĭigital photos can be taken during the experimenting process also the following sites offer down loadable images that can be used on the display board:Įmperor scorpion, protective gloves, tweezers, crayfish, centipede, millipede, cricket, 5 baby food jars or clear plastic cups, Black light, wire mesh screening, and masking tape. Other animals that fluoresce include crayfish, centipedes, and millipedes. The fluorescence is thought by scientists to serve as an ultraviolet sensitivity mechanism, perhaps allowing the scorpion to avoid damaging light levels. Even after hundreds of millions of years, while all the other layers of the cuticle have been lost, this hyaline layer remains embedded in fossil rocks and still fluoresces. The hyaline layer of the cuticle is very tough. Scorpions fluoresce because they contain a fluorescent protein in the hyaline layer of their exoskeleton. Ultraviolet radiation itself is invisible, but illuminating certain materials with UV radiation prompts the visible effects of fluorescence and phosphorescence. A black light is the name commonly given to a lamp emitting almost entirely UV radiation and very little visible light. The Sun is the primary natural source of UV radiation. Ultraviolet (UV) radiation is defined as that portion of the electromagnetic spectrum between X-rays and visible light. Ultraviolet radiation (also known as UV radiation, UV light or ultraviolet rays) is a form of energy traveling through space. What was the control for this investigation?.Of the animals tested which one(s) did not glow under the Black light?.Which of the animals tested glowed under UV light?.Are there other animals that glow under a black light besides scorpions?.From the results of the investigation a data table will be prepared and a graph plotted. Along with a scorpion, crayfish, centipede, millipede, and a cricket will be placed under a Black light to see if like the scorpion they too will show fluorescence. Scorpions glow or fluoresce under UV light.

A Black light is the name given to a lamp emitting UV radiation and very little visible light.