Name ________________________
Cricket Experiment
Directions:
1. Go to http://uaslifescience.pbworks.com
2. Go to the Scientific Method Tutorial and Cricket Experiment link on the sidebar.
3. You do not need to enter your name – press “continue”
4. Choose the button on the right - “cricket”. If you need to review the scientific method at any
time, there is a great step by step tutorial here as well!
5. Fill in this worksheet as you go…
1. Where do you meet the cricket? ________________________________
2. Complete the data table
Date
Time
Chirping
3. What is the best statement of the problem that you are investigating?
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4. What are the conditions used on the GCC lab?
a. Air temperature ______________________
b. Atmospheric Pressure ________________________
c. Humidity ________________
d. Number of crickets nearby ____________________
e. Wind speed _________________
f.
Cricket chirps ____________________
5. What is the dependent variable in your experiment? _______________________________
6. Which is the only independent variable that influences the dependent variable?
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7. What is Dr. Dolber’s formula to explain the chirping rate of crickets?
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