FOURTH+VISIT

__**Free Journal Entry #4**__

For the first time ever when I visited the Manoa Stream, it was not raining. The water current was much slower and calmer than the past three visits. I also saw more ducks today than usual. Usually I spot about 10 ducks on my past visits, but on my fourth visit I spotted about 20 ducks. I tested my hypothesis and did my experiment and my observations. I originally had another hypothesis in mind that I was going to do. However, I wasn’t able to obtain all the materials needed to conduct the experiment so I changed my hypothesis. My hypothesis is: If there are more plants closer to the stream, then there will be more insects and fishes closer to the stream as well. Fishes include the guppies and other small fish in the waters. Insects include bugs that crawl on the ground.


 * PROCEDURE**

1) Go to an area where there are a lot of plants close to the stream. 2) Record the number of fishes and insects that are living in that area of the stream. 3) Then, go to an area where there are very few plants close to the stream. 4) Record the number of fishes and insects that are living in that part of the stream. 5) Repeat this procedure and visit the same areas on the next day.


 * DATA TABLE**


 * DAY #1 || Insects || Fishes ||
 * Many plants close to the stream || 11 || 4 ||
 * Few plants close to the stream || 7 || 5 ||
 * DAY #2 || Insects || Fishes ||
 * Many plants close to the stream || 7 || 6 ||
 * Few plants close to the stream || 9 || 3 ||
 * DAY #3 || Insects || Fishes ||
 * Many plants close to the stream || 8 || 6 ||
 * Few plants close to the stream || 7 || 6 ||
 * DAY #4 || Insects || Fishes ||
 * Many plants close to the stream || 10 || 7 ||
 * Few plants close to the stream || 8 || 6 ||

For my experiment, I came up with mixed results. There could've been many potential errors in this experiment as well, such as the area I covered in could be bigger or smaller than the area I covered on the next day, which would mean that the recordings of the number of insects and fishes could be inaccurate. However, I can conclude from my data that there are more insects in areas with more plants close to the stream and that there are a random number of fishes in areas with many plants and few plants close to the stream.
 * CONCLUSION**

Area with many plants close to the stream Area with few plants close to the stream

__**Assigned Journal Entry #4**__

Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Anseriformes Family: Anatidae Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Anthropoda Class: Insecta Order: Diptera Family: Culicidae Kingdom: Plantae Phylum: Angiosperms Class: Monocots Order: Poales Family: Cyperaceae Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Actinopterygii Order: Cyprinodontiformes Family: Poeciliidae Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Aves Order: Passeriformes Family: Cardinalidae
 * DUCKS**
 * MOSQUITOES**
 * UMBRELLA PLANTS**
 * GUPPIES**
 * CARDINALS**