Blog Post 9: Field Research Reflections

I really enjoyed this project, especially planning and conducting the observations. Due to unforeseen circumstances I was and still on the move travelling from one country to another and I…

Post 8: Tables and Graphs – Colony Farms

For Small Assignment Submission 5 I created a line graph comparing the presence of native and invasive species. I chose a line graph as I thought it was the most…

BP #9: Field Research Reflections

Well, it’s all over.  The final report is submitted and the course is finished.  To be honest, I was dreading this project from the beginning of the course, but it…

Blog Post 8: Tables and Graphs

Organizing an area chart was somewhat challenging for me, in a technical sense. While I was summarizing the data, my main goal was to display the information as clearly as…

Post 9- Field Research Reflection

At the beginning of this course, I decided to research bee colonies in a trail I used to take my kids through on our way to their school. Unfortunately, their…

Dandelion Mowing_Observation Week_Graph

My data regarding my experiment involves two quadrats, one as a control and the second for the investigation, each starting with four dandelions. I was expecting the opposite outcome as…

Sources of Scientific Information

Blog post #2: Sources of Scientific Information For this blog post, I chose an article titled Oil Spills and Marine Mammals in British Columbia, Canada:Development and Application of a Risk-Based…

Data Collection

For my initial field sampling, I decided to use random area sampling. The biggest difficulty I found was how to choose my areas for the five different sampling locations in…

Post 7- Theoretical Perspectives

My study research was built upon the hypothesis of a relationship between mowing frequency and dandelion abundance; according to my hypothesis and a few readings regarding the topic, I have…

Post 6- Data collection

My study started with random sampling by throwing the handmade plastic quadrats to get two quadrats, one as a control and the second as my experimental plot. I needed to…