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Pooter

Key Stage 3

Meaning

A picture of a home made pooter made from a plastic bottle and two tubes.

A pooter is a piece of observational equipment used to collect small animals for study.

About Pooters

A pooter is a device made of two tubes and a jar/bottle which is used to collect small animals.
Air is drawn out from one tube and it causes air to rush in the other tube. Any small animal in the way will get taken into the tube and stuck in the jar.

Key Stage 4

Meaning

A pooter is a piece of observational equipment used to collect small animals for study.

About Pooters

A pooter is a device made of two tubes and a jar/bottle which is used to collect small animals.
Air is drawn out from one tube and it causes air to rush in the other tube. Any small animal in the way will get taken into the tube and stuck in the jar.

References

OCR

Pooters, page 180, Gateway GCSE Biology, Oxford, OCR
Pooters, page 57, Gateway GCSE Combined Science; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR
Pooters, page 77, Gateway GCSE Biology; The Revision Guide, CGP, OCR