How Long Is a Snail's Pace?

Authors

Carl W. Bollwinkel, University of Northern IowaFollow

Document Type

Article

Abstract

For a change of pace, you and your students may find the study of land snails a stimulating adventure. Strange as it may seem, many students find pet snails amazing and lovable. Snails provide excellent opportunities for observation, experimentation and other process studies as well as providing a wealth of content concerning an animal from one of the lower phyla. And, a snail's pace is an example of one of life's great virtues -- patience. How long is a snail's pace? Considering that a snail is one foot, or has one foot, the answer must be ..... Surely not, but finding the pace (i.e. speed of a snail) is an excellent problem with which to begin a study of snails.

Publication Date

Spring 1989

Journal Title

Iowa Science Teachers Journal

Volume

26

Issue

1

First Page

17

Last Page

21

Copyright

© Copyright 1989 by the Iowa Academy of Science

Language

en

File Format

application/pdf

Recommended Citation

Bollwinkel, Carl W. (1989) "How Long Is a Snail's Pace?," Iowa Science Teachers Journal: Vol. 26: No. 1, Article 5.
Available at: https://scholarworks.uni.edu/istj/vol26/iss1/5