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Nelson Rural- Cody, Mitchell, Brody, Julia, Melissa, Research Consept- Sampling the differences in the ecosystems around the region.

Purpose- To find the differences in the different aquatic ecosystems?

Materials- - Wooden Stakes - String - Notebook - Writing Materials - Camera

Hypothesis- We predict that the different regions of the city will have different plants and animals and some places will have more than other places.

Research- http://www.ec.gc.ca/WATER/en/nature/aqua/e_organ.htm (The diffenrent organisms in the aquatic ecosystems) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marine_biology ( The Marine biology- Tells about different kinds fish and organisms) http://www.mountainvisions.com/Aurora/macrowht.html ( How the aquatic ecosystem works and everything thats in one)

Procedure/Experiment- Step 1- Put the wooden stakes into the ground around the different areas of the region. Step 2- Wrap string around the stakes to show the area being observed. Step 3- Take the camera and take photos of each station through the project. Step 4- Make notes of the aquatic and abiotic things that you see in the different stations. Step 5- Record the different observations in the note book of the different animals and aquatic plants that you see in each of the stations.

Analysis- During this experiment it was noticed that different parts of the region had some different aquatic plants and animals. In one part of the river it was noticed that the aquatic animals were very small closer to the shore and they usually were under the small aquatic plants. In another part of the region it was noticed that the animals were all under rocks and their were alot of rocks than anyother part of the region.



Conclusion- We had to find the differences between two aquatic ecosystems, our hypothysis was correct because thier was some different plants and animals in each area and some places had more, first we made a square out of wooden stakes and string, then we would take a picture of each area, then you write down notes about what you see in each area, we did notice that thier was different things in each area, closer to the shore we notice that thier were small fish under plants but a little further out in the water thier were fish under rocks.