horse memory alyssa beres period 2 10/27/14

scientific question what type of food will the horses go to the most ???? (apple ,carrot, or pear)

BACKGROUND I chose this topic because, I love animals and I really love horse and this experiment looked really fun and i really wanted to see what would happen to the horse's memory with the food . and, i love doing things with horses I would love to see what they would do

MY Hypothesis If I show the horse the carrot picture then the horse will remember it better.

variables independent is the different pictures dependent is how the horses follows the picture constants same horse , amount of pictures and treats ,same food

PROCEDURES table 2nd put a carrot mark another box with a apple and a pear put boxes in a row put a carrot in 1 of the boxes and pieces of pear and apple show the carrot in the box and feed the horse it 5 times replace the food to another spot bring the horse to the boxes and see which one it goes !!!!!!!!! (repeat)

data the horse went to the carrot more carrots: 3 pear: 2 apple: 1 this is all of the times it went to each box .

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conclusion What box will the horses rember better? What I did was I lead the horses to the boxs and let him pick what he wanted then i recorded it .BO picked the carrot 3 times ,pear 2 ,apple 1.my hypothsis was right he went to the carrots the most and this did support my hypothsis.I learned that the horses can rember were the fruit or veggie was.I would have changed one thing to do it on maltiple animals ponys or donkys ,and a horese and i would have 4 kinds of food .