Marine Biology Week

ENJOY MARINE BIOLOGY!!!!!!

Reminder that this Sunday is Garden Day, 9:00 - 1:00 (garden and service hours available!)

Due Tuesday, May 27th:
1. Science Inquiry (if you haven't already finished it in class)
2. Service Journal pages 88, 89 (if you haven't already finished them in class)
3. You should be finished with your non-fiction/civil war novel. If you are not going to finish it by Tuesday, please communicate it with me ahead of time. The book should be done NO later then Friday, May 30th if that is the case.

ENJOY YOUR EXPERIENCES. MAKE NEW CONNECTIONS!!!!

Science Inquiry – Leaf Packs – Michael Jansa

1. Forming a Question/Hypothesis:

A.     Question –

B.     Hypothesis (WHY?!?!?!) –

·       Personal reasons to back up your hypothesis

·       Scientific reasons to back up your hypothesis

2. Designing an Investigation

C.     Materials – what are all the materials you used to complete the project?!

D.     Controls (What is staying the same?)

a.      Location… leaves (maple and oak)

E.     Variables

·       independent (what you are changing)

o   fast and slow

·       dependent (what you are measuring in the end)

o   amount macros à health of a river

·       other (things out of your control… weather, other people, etc…)

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F.     Procedures:

·       Every detail!

·       Add labels to help explain your procedure

3. Collecting and Presenting Data

G.     Data Table – the handout given!

H.     Graph results

·       Slow vs. Fast compared to health of water

·       Label everything in your graph!!! Add a key!!!

4. Analyzing and Interpreting Results

I.      Conclusion

·       Explanation --- what does the data and graph show us… how do you know (reference specific data!)

J.       Possible errors

·       What could have gone wrong in our inquiry

K.     Other questions

·       What else do you wonder after finishing the inquiry?