Midway point

This is my halfway point of my project. It is not the complete thing but sort of a detailed outline that I will add to once it is finished

CLASSIFIED NAME Biodiversity Media Project 10/1/11

Urban Biodiversity and ecology are very important to the non-human population of an urban environment. Without a diverse environment, all plant and animal life would die out, as all life is dependent on each other. I chose to do this research team because I was interested in learning more about biodiversity and learning about the new technology that we would be using to collect and analyze data. This technology included HTC phones, forums, and Google spreadsheets. We would observe the plots of land in Theodore Roosevelt Park which we had chosen, and then enter the data into a Google spreadsheet. My null hypothesis was that the diversity in plot one was no different than the diversity in plot two.

Plot one was an open area with three trees, an oak and two unidentified trees. There was an abundance of grass and clover taking up the majority of the open space in the middle of the plot. Along the outside of the plot were various shrubbery and small plants. These organisms were obviously planted in an attempt to make the park look nice. There was also a large abundance of birds, and a few invertebrates and mammals. I estimated that there were 8 plant species, 1 species of fungi, 1 mammal species, 5 bird species, and one species of invertebrates. A major part of this plot was a hose that was connected to the building just behind the plot. It had a slight leak and made a puddle of water that was quite large. This puddle was the reason for the high number of birds there, since all of the organisms there, mammals or birds, used the puddle to drink. I think that this small puddle was comparable to an African watering hole or a suburban mall, as every member of the environment was “hanging out” there. Without this excellent resource in the plot, I do not belive that the biodiversity would have been as impressive. As far as my hypothesis went, I knew that the other plot was going to have to be very impressive in order to match up to this one and prove my hypothesis correct.

Plot 2 was also an open area with one tree, an abundance of grass and clovers taking up the larger part of the open space

My Project (1/3 of the way done)

This is my project one third of the way done. I'm working on the middle part now and I will post it when it is done. In the mean time though, can you guys just give me some feedback on this. I would really appreciate it. :) Thanks

Part 1

• Biodiversity is the variety of life on Earth, at all it’s levels, from genes to ecosystems, from genes to ecosystems, and the ecological and evolutionary processes that sustain it. [It] should be a very big thing in our lives today, especially because there are so many species in the world getting punished as an effect of our unsanitary and uncaring human ways. (pollution, etc.) The things that we do on this Earth affect, not only us, but everyone and everything around us. Another thing that we should care about is urban ecology. Urban ecology is the interaction between organisms in an urbanized community and their interaction with the community that they live in. The things that we do to the Earth are destroying these communities and environments that they live in. If all of the animals die off, then the food chain will be very much altered. We eat the animals that eat other animals, but if all the animals are dead, we will have to convert to cannibalism, which would be a very bad thing.
• There were many different projects that I could have chosen, but I decided to choose the Urban Biodiversity Network project. I’ve always been interested in biodiversity and things like that having to do with the Earth and our environment. I was hooked, though, when I found out that we’d be using phones and computers. I love the idea of incorporating modern technology into science because science can sometimes be boring, but using technology with science always makes it more fun and more interesting.
• The link below will direct you you to an article about urban biodiversity and urban ecology by J. Niemelä:
• http://bit.ly/patO0v

question

does anyone now were to find the file of a google tour? so i can put it in imovie.

Halfway Point on the biodiversity project

Student 2 Biodiversity Media Project

Biodiversity and ecology is very important in our live. It helps us live and make our lives much more easier. For example, plants are able to clean the air around us by converting carbon dioxide into oxygen. They can also be converted into useful materials in our everyday lives like paper and medicine. But the plant population is decreasing every single day. Many forests are being cut down and there aren’t many trees in urban areas. This is why biodiversity and ecology are important. If we ignore this, many of our resources, like plants, will not be in reach anymore. I chose to do this project to see how much biodiversity there is in a urban place like New York City. I did this by using modern technology like smart phones to collect data.

My first plot is where a lot of biodiversity can be found: Central Park. Central park is very diverse and the home to many plants and animals. Central park is a very big place with about 843 acres of land or 6% of Manhattan (source: http://www.centralparknyc.org/visit/general-info/faq/). The plot I chose was a random choice. Th plot was mostly grass and some trees. The plot was divided by a cemented road for pedestrians. It was a very big plot. On one side of the plot there is a pond and the Delacorte Theater. On the other side of the plot there are many baseball fields. The plot was mostly grass. There was plant on the field which was the clover (Trifolium SPP). Around the plot there were many birds and squirrels.

The second plot was a regular city street. The biodiversity was very low. There were many people walking but the only biodiversity that I found were some trees and very little grass growing in the cracks of the pavement. There were also some dogs but other than that there was not any more biodiversity. The city streets are very interesting to study because it show how humans have impacted biodiversity in a negative way.

Both Central Park and the city streets have many threats to biodiversity but it is obvious that the city streets have much more problems than Central Park. The only problems that I found in Central Park was the paved walkway that intersected two ecosystems and humans themselves. The paved walkway is a problem because animals could get killed due to walking pedestrians and bicycles. The people walking by is a big problem. Children could destroy the ecosystem by riping off grass or leaves from a tree. Humans could take their pets to the parks. These pets could damage the ecosystems in many ways. The streets present many problems like cars, humans, bicycles, etc.

As I did this experiment, I saw my surroundings in a different way. I realized that biodiversity should be a big concern for every single person in New York City and the world. Many people don’t realize that. We use a lot of paper

-Student 02

Biodiversity Media Project Directions

Biodiversity Media Project Directions

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