Title
Where are the Bugs?

Grade Level
7

Protocol
Arthropod

Abstract
Students will trap, collect and identify arthropods in a newly created desert tortoise preserve area over a period of one school year. Students will determine the rate at which various arthropods take up residence in the newly landscaped area. Data will be displayed through the use of graphs, charts and other appropriate methods.

Author
Jonathan Schmadeke
Wigwam Creek Middle School

AZ Standards

• 1SC-E1. Identify a question, formulate a hypothesis, control and manipulate variables, devise experiments, predict outcomes, compare and analyze results, and defend conclusions
• 1SC-E3. Organize and present data gathered from their own experiences, using appropriate mathematical analyses and graphical representations
• 4SC-E5. Describe changes or constancy in groups of organisms over geologic time
• 4SC-E7. Explain and model the interaction and interdependence of living and non-living components within ecosystems, including the adaptation of plants and animals to their environment
• 2SC-E6. Demonstrate how Science is an ongoing process of gathering and evaluating information, assessing evidence for and against theories and hypotheses, looking for patterns, and then devising and testing possible explanations.

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