We have grouped these activities for Middle and High School students. Depending upon the needs of your students, you may find that our labels are not appropriate. Middle School Classroom Activities Obtain crickets from a pet or bait shop. Try and keep the temperature of the room as constant as possible, perhaps in a closet to avoid drafts. After a week or so, the students can graph the data and see if there is a pattern.
Some possibilities are bees, ants, birds at a feeder, or even a pet such as a hamster.
You may have to adjust this schedule for the needs of your students. The student should keep track of how many of the particular animal are observed and what they are doing. The student should see if a pattern exists and then determine why the pattern does exist. If you live in an urban environment, you may want to help the student pick animals from the state. The student can then research these animals to determine which are nocturnal and which are diurnal.