| Title | Cricket Patch Density |
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| Audience | Biology- 10-14 |
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| Abstract | A semester-length field study investigating the size of a grassland patch as related to cricket population density. By utilizing the mark-recapture method, students apply the Lincoln-Peterson equation to population estimates. Comparisons are made between large grassy patches and small ones for population density. Findings can then be related to further research on habitat fragmentation and species diversity. |
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| Author | Jeffrey Weld |
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| Email | jeffrey-weld@uiowa.edu |
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| Unifying Concept | Evolution and equilibrium |
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| Science and Technology | Understandings about science and technology |
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| Science as Inquiry | Abilities necessary to do scientific inquiry |
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| History and Nature of Science | Science as a human endeavor, Nature of scientific knowledge |
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| Science in Personal and Social Perspectives | Population growth, Natural resources, Environmental quality |
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| Life, Physical, Earth Sciences | Interdependence of organisms, Populations and ecosystems |
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jeffrey-weld@uiowa.edu
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