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Here are two websites that provide other experiments involving water bears.

The Effects of Ultraviolet Light on Tardigrades

Hunting Bears with a Microscope

 

You can also try designing your own experiments.
Think about what you have learned about the environmental requirements of tardigrades. Can you test to see if these requirements are valid?

Water bears may be a biological indicator for pollution. Are there ways you could test this hypothesis?

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Website Authors: Karen Lindahl and Professor Susie Balser in affiliation
with Illinois Wesleyan University. Last revised 1 Oct. 1999.