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Tick Kit Brought to you by the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission and a grant from State Farm Insurance The Tick Kit contains a series of labs and lessons using the Tick as the central focus. Lessons Microscope Activities – 1.Ticks 2. Microscopic Measurement Readings A Quick Guide to Lyme Disease – pamphlet (with worksheet) Be Tick Free – Newspaper supplement Tick Book Comparing Tick and human body systems This Kit includes: (Please be sure to return all items) 12 tick larva slides 12 tick adult slides 12 grid slides 1 Copy of all lessons (paper) 1 Copy of all lessons (disk) 12 Copies – Tick Book 2 Copies Lyme disease book 40 Copies of “A Quick Guide to Lyme Disease 10 Copies of “Be Tick Free” Newspaper

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Tick Kit Brought to you by the Albany Pine Bush Preserve Commission 

and a grant from State Farm Insurance 

 

The Tick Kit contains a series of labs and lessons using the Tick as the central focus. 

Lessons 

  Microscope  Activities –  

    1.Ticks   

    2. Microscopic Measurement 

  Readings 

    A Quick Guide to Lyme Disease – pamphlet (with worksheet) 

    Be Tick Free – Newspaper supplement 

    Tick ‐ Book 

  Comparing Tick and human body systems   

This Kit includes: (Please be sure to return all items) 

12 tick larva slides  12 tick adult slides  12 grid slides 

1 Copy of all lessons (paper)  1 Copy of all lessons (disk) 

12 Copies – Tick Book    2 Copies ‐ Lyme disease book 

40 Copies of “A Quick Guide to Lyme Disease    10 Copies of “Be Tick Free” Newspaper 

 

 

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A Quick Guide to Lyme Disease 

Use the Pamphlet – A Quick Guide to Lyme Disease – to answer the following questions. 

 

1. Lyme disease is a ___________________caused by a ___________________. 

 

2. What are some symptoms of the early stages of Lyme disease?   _________________________ 

             ___________________________________________________________________________ 

 

3. How do you get Lyme disease?____________________________________________________ 

 

4. Is a tick an insect?_____________  

5. How do ticks get their food?______________________________________________________  

6. What should you do if you get bitten by a tick? _______________________________________  

7. List 3 ways you can protect yourself from Lyme disease. 

____________________________________________________________________________________ 

____________________________________________________________________________________ 

_____________________________________________________________________________________ 

 

 

 

 

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Lesson Title: Body Systems of a tick 

Lesson Abstract: Students will compare body systems of a tick and human. 

Length of lesson: 30‐40 min 

Lesson Goals: Students will describe differences and similarities in how organisms are adapted to survive 

Lesson Objectives: SWBAT compare and contrast organ systems of ticks and humans 

Assessment of Objectives:  Students will complete packet 

Preparation:  Copies of packet 

Materials:  none 

Background Information: Ticks represent an animal that is very different from a human.  Yet they also must adapt to carry out the basic life functions. 

 

 

Lesson Plan: 

Intro    What must all living things do to survive?  

     Do all living things do these things in the same  way?   

    Today we will compare how ticks and humans carry out some of these basic life       functions. 

Group Work  In groups of 2, students complete the packets.  

(Alternative)  Groups of students could each be assigned one system.  Then groups could split up in      Jigsaw fashion and teach each other about the system they reviewed. 

QA    When groups are done review packet questions. 

Closure   1. Discuss the idea of adaptation. 

    2. Discuss what students found most interesting. 

 

 

 

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Tick References 

 

www.health.state.ny.us/diseases/communicable/lyme/fact_sheet.htm 

 

http://w2.health.state.ny.us/query.html?qt=tick 

 

Tick illustration – before and after blood meal 

http://www.lymediseaseaction.org.uk/image/tick04.htm 

Animation – Removing Tick 

http://www.tickencounter.org/education/videos/clean_removal.mov 

 

http://www.learner.org/channel/courses/biology/units/biodiv/images.html 

 

 

http://www.tickpicture.com/information/tick‐life‐cycle.html 

 

 

 

 

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www.albanycounty.com/.../TickLifeCycleColor.jpg 

 

http://creatures.ifas.ufl.edu/urban/medical/tick_lifecycle.htm 

 

www.westernpest.com/.../tick‐lifecycle.jpg 

 

 

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The Tick – A look at the body systems and structures 

 What are ticks? 

Ticks are small animals. Ticks range in size from smaller than a sesame seed to the size of a pea.  Many ticks are parasites. (Parasites obtain their food by living off of other living things) 

  Ticks  Humans Kingdom  Animal  Animal Phylum  Arthropod‐ exoskeleton, jointed 

legs Chordata‐ have back supporting structure 

Class  Arachnids –  have 8 legs  Mammals‐ have two pairs of limbs, hair 

1.  Respiration 

Arachnids may have book lungs or tracheal tubes. 

Book Lungs contain 15‐20 plates (pages) that contain tiny blood vessels.  Air enters the through slits in the abdomen and pass over the plates.  Carbon dioxide and Oxygen are exchanged. 

 

Tracheal tubes are microscopic air ducts that branch throughout the Arachnids 

body.  

Other arthropods have tracheal tubes.  Notice how they line the body and bring gasses in and out through tiny tubes. 

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2. Circulation 

Ticks have a simple heart and an open circulatory system.  In an open circulatory system the blood does not stay in tubes.  The blood pours over the organs and then is recollected. 

 

Grasshoppers also have an open circulatory system.  Blood flows out into the open organ area and then back into the heart. 

3. Nervous System 

The tick has a ventral nerve cord.   (Ventral means in the front) Ticks have two feelers to help them find a host.  They also have chemical receptors on their legs to sense a host.  

 

Bees also have ventral nerve cords.  In this diagram the nerve cord is labeled G 

 

 

 

 

 

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4. Locomotion 

Ticks have 8 jointed legs.  Ticks have an exoskeleton and therefore need many joints to move.  At the end of each leg ticks have sticky pads and a claw to help it cling to its host. 

 This diagram of a grasshopper leg has each segment of the leg labeled. 

 

The exoskeleton of this insect is shown in brown.  In order to grow the insect must molt.  When it molts it comes out of its old exoskeleton. 

5. Digestion 

Ticks have no jaws.  Ticks feed by sucking the blood of their host.  Their mouth is long and slim and covered with barbs, like a fish hook.  The mouth drills a hole into the host and then it sucks up blood.   

 

 

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6. Reproduction 

Deer Ticks live up to two years.  Their life cycle has four stages: 

 

 

Egg – hatch in about 1month 

Larva – have 6 legs, usually feed on mice.  After feeding it drops off and hides until the next spring 

Nymph – After feeding (May‐June) it drops of and becomes an adult 

Adults – Adults can reproduce.  The male dies after mating.  The female must feed and then lives   through the winter.  In the spring it may lay up to 2500 eggs. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The Tick – A look at the body systems and structures 

 Review Questions: 

1. Respiration 

How are our lungs like the book lungs of an arachnid?_____________________________ 

How are our lungs different?__________________________________________________ 

 

2. Circulatory System 

How is our circulatory system different from that of a tick?_________________________ 

Why does our circulatory system work better?___________________________________ 

 

3. Nervous System 

How does the location of the nervous system differ between ticks and humans?_________ 

 

4. Locomotion 

What are the advantages of having an exoskeleton?____________________________ 

What are the disadvantages of having an exoskeleton?__________________________ 

 

5. Digestion 

Why would blood be such a good type of food?____________________________________ 

 

 

 

 

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6. Reproduction 

Diagram A 

                                   

Diagram B 

 

Both diagrams show the life cycle of a deer tick.  Which diagram is easier to understand?  Why? 

____________________________________________________________________________ 

What is the advantage of having multiple hosts? _______________________________________ 

 

 

 

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Lesson Title: Microscopic observations of a tick 

Lesson Abstract: Students will use a microscope to observe the structures of a larval and adult tick. 

Length of lesson: 40 min 

Lesson Goals: Students will gain a better understanding of the relationship between structures and function in regard to a tick 

Lesson Objectives: SWBAT describe how a ticks structures relate to their functions 

    SWBAT diagram a tick at both low and high power 

Assessment of Objectives:  Students will complete a lab packet 

Preparation:  Copies of lab packet 

Materials:  Microscopes, colored pencils, Tick slides (adult and larva) (Slides are available from APBPC) 

Background Information: Ticks are the vector for Lyme disease.  Microscopic observations of tick structures allow students to gain of better understanding of how ticks are adapted to survive as parasites. 

Lesson Plan: 

Intro    Look closely at your hand.  How does the way your hand is built , its structure, help it to      carry out its jobs( functions )?  Today we are going to examine a tick by using a        microscope.  Our goal is to understand how the structure of the tick helps it to function. 

Group Work  In groups of 2, students complete the lab packets. Students that finish early may color      their diagrams. Be sure to stress neatness, accuracy, and scale for student diagrams. 

QA    When groups are done review packet questions and diagrams. 

Closure   1. Discuss the importance of the microscope in science. 

    2. Discuss parasites and adaptations they have to allow them to be successful. 

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Ticks

Tick Larva

Background: Ticks are small animals that are classified as arthropods. This is because they have a hard exoskeleton. (Their skeleton is on the outside.) They are parasites. This means they get their food by harming other living things. This slide is a tick larva. The tick is not yet an adult.

Materials:

* microscope

* tick Larva slide

* pencil and colored pencils

Problem:

How do the structures of the tick help it survive?

Predictions:

1. How can a tick move if it has an exoskeleton? _____________________________________

2. How do the parts of a tick help it to be a parasite?

____________________________________________________________________________

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Procedure:

1. Turn on the electric microscopes at your station (inform your teacher if the microscope is not working).

2. Select the Tick Larva slide from the slides kit located at your station.

3. Turn off the microscope and place the slide on the stage under the stage clips.

4. Lower the smallest (4X) objective (lens) to its closest position to the stage.

5. Looking through the eyepiece move the focus knob in a clockwise (and counter-clockwise when necessary) direction until the specimen becomes focused.

6. Looking through the eyepiece for several minutes make mental and physical notes (on the notes and sketch page) about what you have observed.

7. Using your notes, draw an accurate and detailed color picture of a tick larva.

8. Change the microscope objective to 10X . Focus on the head of the tick and repeat steps 6-8.

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Conclusion:

After observing tick larva under 4X magnification, I think that the tick can move because it has

_________________________________________

After observing tick larva under 10X magnification, I think that the tick push through skin and hold on because it has

________________________________________

Completed in collaboration with Keith VanWagenen, Pine Bush Elementary, Grade 5

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Notes & Sketch Page

Notes at 4X-(Include number of legs)____________ ___________________________________________________________________________

Sketch at 4X – Please draw to scale

Notes at 10X __________________________________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________________

Sketch at 10X- Please draw to scale

Ticks

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Tick Adult

Background: Ticks are small animals that are classified as arthropods. This is because they have a hard exoskeleton. (Their skeleton is on the outside.) They are parasites. This means they get their food by harming other living things. This slide is a tick larva. The tick is an adult.

Materials:

* microscope

* tick adult

* pencil and colored pencils

Problem:

How is a tick as an adult different from a tick as a larva?

Predictions:

1. List ways the adult tick will be different? _____________________________________

_____________________________________________________________________

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Procedure:

a. Turn on the electric microscopes at your station (inform your teacher if the microscope is not working).

b. Select slide - Tick Adult, from the slides kit located at your station.

c. Turn off the microscope and place the slide on the stage under the stage clips.

d. Lower the smallest (4X) objective (lens) to its closest position to the stage.

e. Looking through the eyepiece move the focus knob in a clockwise (and counter-clockwise when necessary) direction until the specimen becomes focused.

f. Looking through the eyepiece for several minutes make mental and physical notes (on the note and sketch page) about what you have observed.

g. Using your notes, draw an accurate and detailed color picture of a tick larva.

h. Change the microscope objective to 10X . Focus on the head of the tick and repeat steps 6-8.

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Conclusion:

After observing tick larva under 4X magnification, I think that the adult tick is different because it has

_________________________________________

After observing tick larva under 10X magnification, I think that the adult tick is different because ________________________________________

Completed in collaboration with Keith VanWagenen, Pine Bush Elementary, Grade 5

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Notes & Sketch Page

Notes at 4X-(Include number of legs) ___________________

_________________________________________________________________________

Sketch at 4X – Please draw to scale

Notes at 10X ________________________________________________________

___________________________________________________________________________

Sketch at 10X- Please draw to scale

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Lesson Title: Microscopic measurement of a tick 

Lesson Abstract: Students will use a microscope to observe and measure a tick. 

Length of lesson: 40 min 

Lesson Goals: Students will gain a better understanding of microscopic measurements 

Lesson Objectives: SWBAT describe how a ticks structures relate to their functions 

         SWBAT measure the size of a tick 

Assessment of Objectives:  Students will complete a lab packet 

Preparation:  Copies of lab packet 

Materials:  Microscopes, colored pencils, Grid slides, Tick slides (adult and larva) (Slides are available from APBPC) 

Background Information: Ticks are the vector for Lyme disease.  Microscopic observations of tick structures allow students to gain of better understanding of how ticks are adapted to survive as parasites. Using a grid slide students are able to get a better understanding of size and microscopic measurements. 

Lesson Plan: 

Intro    How big are things that we view under the microscope?  Today we will make a        microscopic measurement of a tick. 

Group Work  In groups of 2, students complete the lab packets. Students that finish early may color      their diagrams. Be sure to stress neatness, accuracy, and scale for student diagrams. 

QA    When groups are done review packet questions and diagrams. 

Closure   1. Discuss the importance of the microscope in science. 

    2. Discuss parasites and adaptations they have to allow them to be successful. 

 

Addition:  Students that finish early may also draw the grid slide and tick at a higher power of      magnification.  The grid slide is useful up to 100X. Students can then discuss differences      in field of vision between low and higher power  and make microscopic measurements      of parts of the tick. 

 

 

 

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Lab – The Tick 

1. Pick up slide A.  Slide A is a prepared slide of a tiny piece of graph paper.  

 The lines on this graph paper are 1 mm apart. 

2. Place slide A on the stage of the microscope.  Bring the graph paper into focus using low power.                             When you look into the microscope the whole area you see is called the Field of view. 

Knowing that the lines are 1 mm apart, estimate the diameter of the low power  field of view to the nearest 0.5mm. 

Low Power magnification:________  Estimated diameter of low power field of view:   _________ mm 

 

3. At the bottom of the page use a ruler to draw a diagram of the graph paper as you see it using the microscope.  Be sure to draw it to scale. 

4. Remove slide A. 

5. Place the tick slide on the stage of the microscope.  Bring the specimen into focus using low power.  Using your diagram of the grid slide as a reference, estimate the length of the tick.  Do not include legs in your measurement.  Count the number of legs. 

Length of tick: ________________mm       Number of legs:   ___________________ 

6. At the bottom of the page draw a diagram of the tick.  Be sure to draw it to scale.  Include all of the structures that you see. 

7. Examine the mouth parts of the tick.  Describe them in detail and infer how their structure helps the tick to survive. 

Description:__________________________________________________________________________ 

Function:____________________________________________________________________________ 

 

 

 

 

1mm 

Graph paper _____x Tick ____x 

  Field of View 

Diameter