Deer, Cameras and Scientific Inquiry: Think Like a Scientist
Date: TBA
Time: TBA
Grade Level: Grades 7-12
Cost: No Fee
How do scientists in the field apply the principles of scientific inquiry? How do they determine the questions to ask and the data to compile? How do they create the experiment to compile this data? And what do they do when problems force them to rethink their experimental design? These are exactly the questions faced every day by the DeerNet team as they use their miniature video cameras to record deer movement and behavior. Come to the program ready to think like a scientist as you interact with members of the DeerNet team. Discuss the questions you believe would be important to research concerning deer and human interaction. What research methods would be helpful? How would you develop an experiment to conduct that research and find answers to your questions? Compare your ideas to those of the DeerNet team. View the process used to attach the camera to a deer. View video footage from a deer camera. See examples of data gathered so far. Ask team members questions about the processes they used and the data they have gathered. Be ready to leave the program with an assignment designed to help the scientists with an essential part of their research.
