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Baker Woodlot Lab

Students will conduct observational experiments, analyze data on tree ecology in Baker Woodlot, and draw conclusions based on the selected hypotheses. Educational and instructional objectives will guide them through the scientific method process.

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Baker Woodlot Lab

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  1. Baker Woodlot Lab Friends Reconstructing ISB April 12, 2010

  2. Educational Objectives • The students will: • Make observations of the world around them. • Understand and apply the scientific method to various biological topics. • Form conclusions based on experimentally derived data.

  3. Instructional Objectives • The students will: • Model a hypothesis dealing with tree ecology. • Design and implement an experiment that tests the created hypothesis. • Collect, organize, and analyze data from an experiment. • Form conclusions based on data analysis.

  4. Assignment • Working in groups, students device an observational experiment dealing with tree ecology • Hypothesis and corresponding prediction will be made • Data that test the prediction will be collected from Baker Woodlot

  5. Potential Ideas • Tree size vs location • Tree health vs location • Size vs species • Health vs species • Location vs species • Size vs proximity to others • Infection by fungus • Vine growth

  6. Assessment • Each group will construct a report that organizes, analyzes, concludes their data as it relates to their original hypothesis

  7. Rubric Adapted from BS-110 post-labs rubrics

  8. Potential Background Reading • Schaetzl et al 1989.pdf • Schwarz et al 2003.pdf • Scull and Harman 2004.pdf

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