Effect of Pesticide Project-Written Answer Template

Name and Student ID:

The Effect of Pesticide Project is an individual assignment, completed and submitted individually to the EPP Dropbox by 10:00 PM on Friday November 27^th. 

Provide your answers below and submit this file (.doc, .docx, or .pdf) to the online Dropbox along with the EPP Data Analysis Template Excel file (.xls, or .xlsx).

Make sure to submit all of your files in the correct format or you will get a zero for all marks associated with the incorrect file!  See EPP Instructions for more details on submission requirements.

PART I: HYPOTHESIS AND PREDICTION                                                        4 marks

Write a hypothesis and a prediction that logically extends from one of the research questions posed below and that you could test in this experiment.  Make sure not to copy the example from the instructions!

Research Question(s):	What are the effects of pesticides on non-target insects? Which pesticide, synthetic or organic, is less harmful on non-target insects?
Hypothesis:
Prediction:

PART II: DATA COLLECTION AND ANALYSIS                                            176 marks

Download the EPP Data Analysis Template Excel file (Week #8 à Seminar à EPP Assignment. Complete the spreadsheet by following the steps and questions in the Excel file and within the EPP Instructions document. Make sure to upload your completed Excel file to the EPP Dropbox in .xls or .xlsx format. 

PART III: RESULTS                                                                                             56 marks

PART IV: ABSTRACT                                                                                         10 marks

PART V: DISCUSSION AND DATA INTERPRETATION                                 18 marks

Why were the 3 treatments (plots) adjacent to (or abutting) the Dairy Bush?                   2 marks

Why might the untreated plot have been included in the experimental design?               2 marks

You calculated the SD and SEM for leg or body length.  Are these values different?
If so, which values are smaller?  Why or why not are the values different?                        4 marks

Did the results of the experiment support or reject your hypothesis and prediction
outlined in Part 1?  Briefly explain why or why not.                                                                              2 marks

After analyzing the data gathered from the experiment, what is a reasonable conclusion
that you could make regarding the ecological, evolutionary and physiological effect (or impact) of the pesticides on the non-target insects?                                                                4 marks

Now that you have completed this assignment, state one strength and one weakness
of the experimental design or data collected and provide a brief explanation of each.    4 marks

		Explanation of why
Strength:
Weakness:

In addition to the above marks, the total marks for the assignment includes 4 marks allotted to writing (overall quality and clarity of writing, spelling and grammar, punctuation).