Adopt-A-Spot Investigation

On September 17th, 2015 our group went on the Orange Trail of the State Botanical Garden of Georgia in Athens, Georgia to collect data for our lab. The biome of this area that we explored fit a temperate deciduous forest type. We walked along the trail and picked random spots to start measuring our transects. We measured DBH size and canopy coverage at 10, 20, 30, and 40 meters respectively along each transect for a total of six transects. We used a densitometer to measure the percent of canopy coverage of the tree closest to the center of the sampling points along each of the transects. We used a measuring tape to measure out 10, 20, 30, and 40 meters respectively along each of the six

In Canada, the average annual temperature increases by 1.6oC, which is a higher warming rate when compared to other regions of the world. Canada’s far northern region has shown the strongest warming trends. At the rate Climate Change is affecting Canada, there will be huge amounts of precipitation, and risks of other natural disasters, such as heat waves, flooding, forest fires, and dry spells. As Canada is a maritime nation, the country will be affected by oceanic environments. There will also be reductions in the Arctic sea ice cover, resulting in extreme sea levels, ice conditions, and wave regimes (Government of Canada- Impacts of Climate Change, 2015). Canada’s forests will be affected in many complex ways, affects varying from dramatic, to subtle. Rapid climate change will affect the rate trees grow ate, mortality rates, and the distribution of tree species. Present day scientists have already recorded changes in the forests due to climate change. One recording was increased fire activity in the Western Boreal Forest. Scientists have predicted that forest-dependent communities and Aboriginals will be the first to feel the impacts. This is because the timber supply will suffer losses due to forest fires and smoke pollution (Government of Canada- Natural Resources Canada,

The field of exercise science is facilitating and understanding of links between fitness exercise, diet and health. There have been many studies that show how exercise and the human body interact. My main interest is being a physical therapy and showing how exercise can help the human body when used effectively. If you over exert yourself, it can cause your immune system not to function correctly. In this exploratory essay a comparison of a journal article and news article to find out that intense exercise can cause the immune system not to recover after exercise.

The moisture content in the tree area will defiantly change after three big trees removal and the site soil might get different influence due to the tree conditions.

One hundred and fifty two of the trees surveyed were dead (7.1%), with 81 of those (53.29%) situated in the Green Prairie management unit (Figure 9). Sixty seven out of this 152 trees (44%) were unable to identified and classified as Unknown. Of the percentage that could be identified, Black/Red Oak and Black Cherry presented the bigger frequencies (50 and 16, respectively).

The purpose of this lab was to find out how the amount of time that has elapsed affect the position of the car away from the point of origin. Our hypothesis was if the time elapsed is longer, then the car is going to be further away from the point of origin. In this lab the independent variable-what you are changing is time. The dependent variable-what you are measuring is how far the car is from the point of origin after a certain amount of time (3 seconds, 6 seconds, and 9 seconds). The controls-things that stay the same throughout the whole lab is the car we used, the meter stick that we measured in centimeters with, and the 40 centimeters of tape that we used to mark the position of the car. Materials we used was a car, 40 centimeters of

Once you address the immediate tree removal problem, then it is advisable to wait a month or two to see which trees bounce back from this event.

Leaves of the surrounding trees were starting to turn into different shades of red, yellow and brown; a sign of an early autumn.

As an undergraduate, I initially majored in exploratory studies so that I could better assess my skills and interests to see which major would be best fit for me. It did not take long for me to decide on a major of movement and sports science because of the focus on the biomechanics of the human body. I did not know that I wanted to become a physician assistant right away. Initially I thought about becoming a physical therapist or personal trainer, since I was interested in exercise. However, it didn’t take long for me to realize that my interests were more widespread than that. I was interested in the diagnostic aspect of medicine, so I knew that I did not want to become a nurse. Of course, I considered medical school but found that the PA

To use forests for their lumber and other natural resources, it is important to not only be informed on managing it, but it is also important to know what goes on naturally inside the forests. One of these natural phenomena are actually the threats to the forests themselves and how they can be affected by them. Canada has one-tenth of the world's forest and about 50,000 hectares of this is untouched (Dearden and Mitchell, 2016, P.287). With that, it also has one-third of the world's boreal forest as well (P.287). The chosen topic of this paper is Natural threats to Canadian forests. The specific situation chosen is how the climate change affects the natural threats to the Canadian boreal forests. The topic was chosen because it is relevant

Forest Composition- As climate changes, species can often adapt by changing their ranges. Maps show current and projected future distribution of habitats for forest types in the Midwest under two emissions scenarios, a lower scenario that assumes reductions in heat-trapping gas emissions, and a very high scenario that assumes continued increases in emissions.Habitats for white/red/jack pine, maple/beech/birch, spruce/fir, and aspen/birch forests are projected to greatly decline from the northern forests, especially under higher emissions scenarios, while various oak forest types are projected to

Climate change in the boreal region in Canada also affects the birds that migrate to the tropics during winter and boreal during summer since they rely on seasonal

The goal of this exploratory research was to uncover students’ idea of productivity. I wanted to have a better understanding of what my students thought was a good use or a bad use of their time. To better understand my students, I held discussions, administered surveys, conducted interviews, and recorded personal observations. Both Lancaster (2009) and Betz & Kayser (2017) conducted research that mainly looked at students’ opinions on their day-to-day school lives. Betz and Kayser’s (2017) research emphasized the lack of children input in a research setting and how important it is to gain their perspective. However, collecting the children’s perspective is not to then compare it with the responses of adults; it is solely to have the perspective

In 2013 LabMD, a cancer detection lab was being investigated by the FTC (Federal Trade Commission) on their data security practices and protocols. The investigation was started because a LabMD employee violated HIPAA (Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act) by compromising patient files and downloading Limewire, a file sharing software. In January 2010, LabMD was asked to sign their consent for their investigation of data security, for which they refused. The refusal did not sit well with the FTC, who in turn filed a complaint against LabMD. Tiversa Inc. an internet-security company was brought into the investigation by the FTC as a third party to investigate LabMD’s network security. Tiversa Inc. testified to Congress that

For my direct observation paper, I decided to write about the Social Learning Theory, proposed by Albert Bandura. This theory asserts that learning is a cognitive process that takes place in a social context and can occur purely through observation or direct instruction, even in the absence of motor reproduction or direct reinforcement. I observed two young, caucasian boys at a shopping mall. The purpose of this paper is to use the course material from my PSY 335 course and applicate it to the real world through this observation.