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YEAR 5-6 SECTION
RESULTS
Data Table 1 – di昀昀erent organisms observed at each site over time
OBSERVATION TYPE AND ORGANISMS FOUND AT
SITE 1 – ADDED WATER
OBSERVATION TYPE AND ORGANISMS FOUND AT
SITE 2 – NO ADDED WATER
Data Table 2
TOTAL NUMBER OF ORGANISMS AT SITE 1
– ADDED WATER
TOTAL NUMBER OF ORGANISMS AT SITE 2
– NO ADDED WATER
QUESTIONS TO ASK
1. Make a ‘Before’ and ‘After’ bar graph of the number of organisms
at each site. The number of species can be added to the Y-axis.
On the X-axis, add labels for the two sites, showing the number
of species both before and after.
4. Why do you think a container was buried at Site 2 but not filled
with water?
2. As has been shown around wetlands, it is expected that a
greater number of species can be found when there is access
to water. Did your results support this? If yes, was there a
significant increase in the number of species at Site 1 at the
end of the experiment? If not, do you think monitoring your
sites over a longer period of time would have made a difference
to the results?
6. Identify any problems you encountered during this investigation
and describe how you overcame them.
5. Do you think the results of this investigation would be the same
if conducted in different seasons or different climates?
7. If someone else wanted to set up this investigation, what advice
would you give them?
8. Write a conclusion for this investigation that addresses the
aim.
3. Do you think this investigation acts as a model for a mini pond
or mini wetland? Justify your response.
SPECIES SURVIVAL – MORE THAN JUST SUSTAINABILITY
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