Brian RoyceEnvironmental Science

Period 4Dr. Houghton

10/20/2010-5/28/2011

Abstract

• Environmental science- “the branch of biology concerned with the relations between organisms and their environment” (Farlex, 2011).

• Study areas• Keeping track of changes• Changes over time• How the environment changes

Objectives

• 1. Learn the environment that we live in

• 2. Learn to Identify, observe and research

• 3. Study how it works

• 4. Learn how to present findings

Objectives Cont.

• 5. Comparing data

• 6. Use correct methods to cite others work.

Introduction(prior knowledge)

• Tree identification

• Animal identification

• Bird identification

• Water sheds (One in the study area) Martin, 2011

Ecological census techniques

• Point count- count

• Belt transect- blocks of area

• Line transect- straight lines

• Quadrant transect- random locations

Map used

• Topographical map

• Many features

• Elevation

• Helps make predictions Onboard Informatics, 2011

Study area

New Boston, New Hampshire

Procedure

• Date/time• Location• Weather• Type of landscape• Who was there• New species list• Observations on what

was observed Backcountry, 2011

Results: Chipmunk

• Hibernated for a period of time

• Some got up first

• Very active animals

Martin, 2011

Results: White tailed deer

• Came and went often

• Winter food?

• Bush’s were eaten

Sirota, 2011

Results, Stream

• Changing in levels

• Transforming environment

• New species in the area

Results: Leaves (Seasons)

• Made work easy and harder

• Indicator to animals

• Landscape changes dramatically

Conclusion: ChipmunksDate observed Number of Chipmunks Location Activity

10/20 2 Edge of the woods Looking for food

10/27 3 Wooded area Chasing each other

11/3 1Edge of study area by the house Looking for food

11/9 0Seems they are beginning to disappear

11/16 None Not out

11/23-2/21 None Hibernating?

2/21 1 Backyard in study areaNot sure. Didn’t appear to be looking for food

3/1 None Not very active yet

3/7 None Not very active yet

3/15 3-5All over study area, mostly wooded area

Not sure. Saw most of them going up the trees

3/21 2Wooded area/ swamp area

Chipmunks are a lot more active now

4/6 2 Wooded area/ grass Looking for food

4/13 2 Wooded area/ lawnOne was climbing a tree, other looking for food

4/19 2 Grass area Not sure. Food?

4/26 None No chipmunks out today

5/3 None No chipmunks today

5/12 2 Swamp area Looking for food

5/18 2-5 Wooded areaOne was one the ground then they all started chirping when I went into the woods

5/24 1Woods line Looking for food in grass

• Hibernation, not really

• Where food is kept

• Who wakes up first

• Connection to graph

Table 1: Chipmunk presence and observations

Conclusion: StreamDate observed Observations Size of the stream 1- smallest, 10- largest

10/20 Dried up 111/9 Still dried up 111/16 Little flow to the stream 211/23 Flow is still small 2-311/27 Some parts of the

stream that had water have frozen

2

11/27- 2/15 Cannot see the stream because of the snow or ice

?

2/15 2-3 feet wide, right after snow began to melt

6

2/21 Didn’t seem to change in size

6

3/1 River got wider, but not deeper

6-7

3/7 Same size as the week before

6-7

3/15 Snow melting fast, picked up a little

7

3/15- 3/29 Same as 3/15 74/6 Larger now, and a little

deeper8

4/6- 4/19 No change in size 84/27 Reduced in size because

all snow is gone5-6

5/3 Wider due to rain, and run off. So much more, it created a swamp area in the pricker bush’s

9

5/12 No change 95/18 Same as week before 95/24 No change in height.

Swamp area so large, bullfrogs are mating here

8.5-9.5

• Run off in the fall

• Spring floods

• Changed the environment

• Made new species move it

Table 3: Stream presence and Observations

Conclusion: DeerDate observed Number of deer observations

10/20 1-? Heard an animal in study area, sounded like a deer

10/27 1-? Leaves have been eaten off of the dogwood bush

10/27-12/28 0 No evidence of activity12/28 1-? Leaves are visibly gone

from the dog wood bush closest to the woods

1/3 2 Saw deer digging its snout into the snow then chewed. Most likely eating the acorns under the snow.

5/22 1 Small young doe in the study area eating what looks like to be the grass.

• Dog wood bush

• Research on it

• Acorns?

Table 4: Deer presence and Observations

Conclusion: Seasons

• Hibernation

• Changing of the environment

• Changing the diets of animals

Challenges

• Animals ability to blend in

• Tree cover

• Scattering of animals (Chipmunk)

What was learned

• Saw the environment as a system

• Learned valuable field skills

• Identification of organisms

• Value the environment

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