Squirrel Population, biology homework help
- Brainstorm a list of topics related to squirrel behavior and life history
- Write a testable question that you can investigate through an observational study
- Do not attempt to physically handle the squirrels (no trapping or luring)
- Observe them in their natural settings
- Generate a hypothesis related to your research question
- Outline the procedure you will follow to investigate your research question
- Produce a data table to record your results
- Date and time of observation
- Area of observation
- Person doing the observation
- Observation data
- Anything else you think is important to the project
- Collect data by observing squirrels twice a week (30 minutes each) for at least 4 consecutive weeks
- Record your data in your data table
- Produce at least one graph of your results
- Take a photograph of the squirrels engaged in an activity related to your research (include a time stamp)
- Summarize and interpret your results
- Describe trends in the data
- i.Explain your observations and trend evident in your graph
- Was your hypothesis supported or rejected? How do you know? Use your data and graphs to support your response
- What did you learn?
- Propose 2 follow-up questions related to your study that could be investigated, one experimental and one correlational
- Describe trends in the data
- Produce a lab report
- In the form of a traditional lab report
- Include:
- i.Creative Title
- ii.Research Question
- iii.Hypothesis
- iv.Procedures
- v.Results
- Tables
- Graphs
- Two Photos
- vi.Conclusion (#7: Summary of Results)
DO NOT FORGOT THE QUESTIONS IN THE TWO PAGES