1. Jacob Pastorik Period 3

2. Background  My project is on how the temperature of water affects the likeliness of a shark attack. Will warm or cold water have more shark attack findings?

3. Hypothesis  In my experiment, I was comparing the temperature of a certain body of water, and the occurrences of shark attacks in that certain temperature. I predicted that the higher the temperature, the more likely that a shark attack will occur.

4. Data Temperature of waterNumber of Shark Attacks 50-59F Degrees2 60-69F Degrees3 70-79F Degrees6

5. Graph

6. Conclusion  The data as well as the graph support the fact that Shark attacks are more likely in warmer water, since the number of shark attacks are more frequent in the 70-79 degree water than it is in the 50- 59 and 60-69 degree water.

7. Extension  There is a lot to build on this project. If I had more time, I would explore other factors that could contribute to shark attacks, such as the species of the shark, or the certain season the attack occurred. Although this project answers one question, it still leaves several others unanswered about shark attacks.

8. Resources  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal,_unpro voked_shark_attacks_in_the_United_States-- shark attack list http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_fatal,_unpro voked_shark_attacks_in_the_United_States-  http://www.tropicalweather.net/Florida_water_t emps.htm --Florida beach water temperatures http://www.tropicalweather.net/Florida_water_t emps.htm  http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/spac.html -- California beach water temperatures http://www.tropicalweather.net/Hawaii_water_t emps.htm -- Hawaii beach water temperatures http://www.nodc.noaa.gov/dsdt/cwtg/spac.html http://www.tropicalweather.net/Hawaii_water_t emps.htm