1. Population Growth of Lemna minor
Moretz
APES, 2016

2. Background Information – Environmental factor (5 points)
What is the environmental factor you investigated?
Why can it pose a problem?
Where could it be problematic?
How could it impact population growth?
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3. Background Information – Population Growth (5 points)
How do populations grow over time?
What factors influence population growth?
Include pics/graphs

4. Background Information – Lemna minor (5 points)
What is duckweed?
What environment is it most successful in?
What environment is it least successful in?
How does it reproduce?
Why is it a good specimen to study for population studies?
Include pics/graphs

5. Hypothesis (5 points)
If… then… because…

6. Procedure (5 points) What did you do? IV Treatments DV Control
Constants

7. Results (5 points) Graph of your data
Appropriate titles and axes labels

8. Data Analysis (5 points)
Description of data
Reference to specific data points

9. Conclusion – Reference to hypothesis (5 points)
Summary of data
Support or reject hypothesis
Reference to specific data points

10. Conclusion – Meaning of Results (10 points)
What does your data mean?
How did your environmental factor affect population growth?
Why do you think the environmental factor affected population growth in this way?

11. Conclusion – Application of Results(5 points)
What do your findings mean in terms of how resources are used/managed?
What strategies/techniques can be used to lessen the impact of your environmental factor on population growth?
How does your data support your “real world” application?

12. Literature Cited (5 points)
3 + sources