Step4a: Interpret Your Data and Write Report
Interpret
Your Data Write
a Scientific Report Interpret Your Data
Now, look at the trends that your graph reveals.
What can you conclude about the relative abundance of different organisms in your study area? |
To
help you interpret your data, go
back to the Mearns Rock photos in Step 2a and read the NOAA biologists'
explanations of the year-to-year changes they have observed on Mearns
Rock. This will help you in interpreting your data.
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Write a Scientific Report
Your teacher may have you, or your team, write a scientific report. It should
have the following sections:
| Introduction | What is this report about? Why are you, or your team, writing this report? What should readers expect to learn from this report? What is your hypothesis? What is (are) your prediction(s) and the rationale behind them. Research on Background Information:
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| Procedure | Explain how you or your team recorded data from the photographs of quadrats of Mearns Rock (use a step-by-step format). |
| Data and Results | Keep accurate records using the data table provided. You will want to include your graphs of these data in your report. |
| Conclusion |
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Proceed to Step 4b: Share What You Have
Learned
Glossary Express
Intertidal Zone —on
a beach, the area between high tide and low tide.
Rationale—an underlying reason.
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