Science Journal 1: Design a Park Simulation
An example of how to use this simulation with a 5th or 6th grade class:
- Testable Question: Can a buffer change the recreation areas impact on the pond?
- Hypothesis:
- If the recreation area uses trees as a buffer,
- then less fish will die then if the concrete stairs were used.
- Methods:
2. I began testing the simulation with the three different buffer zones without changing area 3.
- First I tried using trees as a buffer, and I got this as a result:
- Then I tried using concrete steps as a buffer, and this was the result:
- I change the buffer one last time, with the grass buffer.
- Then to gather more data, I began changing area 3. I continued to collect data until I had tried all the possibilities with changing area 3 and the buffer only.
Here is the data I collected:
In conclusion, the concrete stairs had the most negative effect on the fish in the pond. According to the graphs, it influenced the steady death of both trout and catfish at an alarming rate.
The trees, however, proved to be the best buffer, of the three buffers, to conserve the life of the fish in the near-by pond. According to the graphs, it influenced a much lower increase in fish death
The trees, however, proved to be the best buffer, of the three buffers, to conserve the life of the fish in the near-by pond. According to the graphs, it influenced a much lower increase in fish death