OLFM: Nancy Elliot
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…