Data Introduction Class Day-Post-From 10/7 Class Day.

-In class on 10/7/2010 we were introduced to the data we will be analyzing and using to write our scientific papers for this class. 
-The first activity we did in class was aimed at working collaboratively to examine and participate in the steps of observation driven investigations.
-Also, the first thing we did in this process was continue to work on our in class work sheet where we crafted scientific questions, formed hypothesis, determined variables, and determined control and experimental groups within the experiment process worksheet on "Testing Ideas About Childbed Fever" we were working on.
 -We also designed a scientific experiment for how to test Ignaz Semmelweis's hypothesis on the causes of Childbed Fever in post-birth mothers during the 1800's.
-Next we moved into making scientific observations, and asking questions regarding how Yaman and Gilman's work on Nucella Lamellosa relates to the data we will be analyzing and writing a scientific paper on for this course.
-So after reading Yaman and Gilman's scientific paper, as a group we determined that the hypothesis for their experiment was that Growth and feeding rates of Nucella Lamellosa is effected by air temperature during emersion and water temperature during submersion.
-My group also collaborative analyzed Yaman and Gilman's data to determine that the independent variables in their experiment was air and water temperature and that their dependant variables were the growth and feeding rates of the snails they tested.  We also collaboratively determined through analyzing Yaman and Gilman's data that their control group was the fixed temp snail groups, and their experimental group was the fluctuating temp group. ***Note, we were somewhat unsure on these control-experimental designations, we obviously need to do some clarifying here as these groups seem to not fit the simplified even amount control-to even amount experimental group classifications as typically experienced in simpler science learning activities.
-Next, we collaboratively analyzed data pertaining to experiments on Nucella Lamellosa to ask scientific questions regarding which direction we each wanted to take in picking treatment variables for our scientific research papers for this course.
-For the following activity we worked collaboratively in two person teams to ask scientific questions regarding the formation of a hypothesis that we felt interested us, interested others, and would look into subject matter that we felt we were good at working with.
-My two man team's hypothesis was "Increased crowding at UWB has reduced students' opinions that confirm the personalized educational experience UWB is known for".

****Added note-I wanted to add to this entry that every time I wrote Yaman is this post, the correct spelling and citation for this is actually Yamane, i apologize for this mistake.