https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9 en-us 2023-04-06 20:25:50 UTC 2023-04-21 00:30:23 UTC hello@padlet.com isabel_abboud https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546638814 If we place the crickets in the middle of 2 moisture spots, then the crickets will go to the moisture spots.]]> 2023-04-06 21:12:42 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546638814 isabel_abboud https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546639933 If we place the crickets in the middle of 2 moisture spots, then they won't have a preference for either spot.]]> 2023-04-06 21:15:57 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546639933 isabel_abboud https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546642129 This experiment was set up to test if crickets prefer moisture or not. We used an insect tank and we separated ¼ of the cage with tape and ¾ of the cage with another piece of tape. Then we got two paper towels wet with water and put them on the ¼ of the cage and the ¾ side of the cage. Then, 10 crickets were placed at the center of the tank. Every 5 minutes we recorded how many crickets stayed in the middle that is not damp and how many preferred the damp side. The experiment lasted for a total of 10 minutes. The statistical test used for this data set was the Chi-Square test which was used to see if the crickets preferred either environment.]]> 2023-04-06 21:22:28 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546642129 isabel_abboud https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546642364 The sum of our calculated above values is 5.38 so that is our chi-square value. The probability is between 0.05 and 0.01 therefore we will reject the null hypothesis and claim there is a difference between the expected and observed values. Thus, the crickets do have a preference for the damp environment.]]> 2023-04-06 21:23:07 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546642364 isabel_abboud https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546646983 2023-04-06 21:35:18 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546646983 isabel_abboud https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546647956 2023-04-06 21:38:02 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546647956 isabel_abboud https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546648827 For our experiment to test how 10 crickets react to a damp environment compared to a dry environment, it seemed as if the crickets had a preference for their type of environment. The confounding variable in the experiment was that the wet paper towels could have been used by crickets because they like to climb. Therefore, the crickets may be that they wanted to climb on the paper towels and did not care about the wetness of the paper towels. In the end, we rejected the null hypothesis and concluded that the crickets had a preference for their environment because the difference we observed between the observed and expected was great enough for the difference to be significant. ]]> 2023-04-06 21:40:17 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546648827 isabel_abboud https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546649715 If we place the crickets in a setting that contains both light and dark, then they won't have a preference for either light or dark.]]> 2023-04-06 21:43:03 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546649715 isabel_abboud https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546651345 If we place the crickets in a setting that contains both light and dark, then they would prefer the dark side over the light.]]> 2023-04-06 21:47:21 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546651345 isabel_abboud https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546651528 For this experiment, there were a total of 10 crickets were used. Of the 10 crickets, 5 crickets were placed on each side. On one side of the cage, we covered the outside with construction paper. This would simulate a dark environment for the crickets. After 5 minutes, we started to count how many crickets preferred each side. Then after that, we recorded how many crickets preferred each environment after 1 minute for a total of 10 minutes. The chi-square test was used to determine whether the crickets did have a preference for a specific environment.]]> 2023-04-06 21:47:52 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546651528 isabel_abboud https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546652485 The sum of our calculated values above was 3.6 for our chi-square value. The probability is between 0.10 and 0.05. Since our calculated value is closer to the value of 3.84 with a probability of 0.05, we would reject the null hypothesis and conclude that the crickets preferred the dark environment over the light environment.]]> 2023-04-06 21:50:48 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546652485 https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546652695 We concluded that our data shows that the crickets prefer moisture over dry areas since is enough significant data to reject our null hypothesis that they don't have a preference. There are also other variables to take into consideration like whether they just like to climb on objects or have a preference for the feeling of the wet paper towel. In order to decipher whether or not these variables are affecting our data we would have to do more experiments. The p-value from our calculated chi-square value proved that the crickets did have a preference for an environment since it was between 0.05 and 0.01. This study was important because we were able to observe the organism's behavior with different environmental factors that we see in the real world. Therefore, crickets do have a preference for a moist environment compared to a dry environment.]]> 2023-04-06 21:51:31 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546652695 isabel_abboud https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546653793 2023-04-06 21:55:00 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546653793 isabel_abboud https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546654682 2023-04-06 21:57:42 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546654682 isabel_abboud https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546655016 For the experiment to test how 10 crickets would react to a dark environment compared to a light environment, it seemed as if the crickets had a preference for their type of environment. The confounding variable for the experiment would be that the crickets may be congregated together without regard to the choice of the environment they want to be in. This was observed because the difference between the expected and observed values was significant enough. The statistical test used was a Chi-Square test and it tested to see if the crickets had a preference for the dark environment or not.]]> 2023-04-06 21:58:48 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546655016 https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546655363 Overall, our experiment rejected the null hypothesis and this means that the crickets that we observed had a preference for the dark environment compared to the light. This is proven when the chi-squared value we calculated using the data gave us a p-value between 0.10 and 0.05 which suggests the findings of the experiment were significant. This is important as we learned that crickets can thrive in a dark environment as they have a preference. It is also important for other scientists to carry out other experiments with crickets as they could use a dark environment for the crickets. In addition, scientists can study why crickets prefer a dark environment as opposed to a light one, on a biological level. ]]> 2023-04-06 21:59:50 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546655363 isabel_abboud https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546656726 Mikayala Kragenbrink
Isabel Abboud
Hannah Van Geesbergen
Alyssa Powers]]> 2023-04-06 22:04:19 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546656726 https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546663859 This graph shows more crickets preferred the moisture side with the wet paper towel rather than the dry area, so we reject our null hypothesis.]]> 2023-04-06 22:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546663859 https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546665402 The blue line represents the number of crickets in the dark and the orange graph represents the number of crickets in the light. This graph shows that the crickets prefer the dark side of the container so we still reject our null hypothesis and state that the crickets do have a preference for their environment, specifically the dark environment.]]> 2023-04-06 22:33:13 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2546665402 https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2562532230 2023-04-21 00:30:23 UTC https://padlet.com/isabel_abboud/dxnmqzk3priyqte9/wish/2562532230