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notecard • Write on blank side • Middle of card: your name (first and last) • Upper left: strongest subject • Upper right: extracurricular activities or hobbies • Bottom left: possible future career or college major • Bottom right: good book or movie
#1 ON a scale of 1 to 5, rate your level of interest in science • 1 • 2 • 3 • 4 • 5 Biology – the scientific study of life
NPR Video • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DDF8WZFnoU
#2 What was the purpose of the ant experiment? • To determine if ants and humans count in the same way • To determine if ants use an internal counting mechanism to navigate • To determine the region of the brain responsible for ant counting • To isolate the specific genes that code for ant pedometers
#3 Experimental design • Describe how the scientists tested their hypothesis that ants have internal pedometers in 1 or 2 sentences.
#4 What is the independent variable of the experiment? • Ant leg length • Distance traveled from apple • The ability of ants to count • The number of steps the ants took walking to the apple
#5 What is the dependent variable of the experiment? • Ant leg length • Distance traveled from apple • The ability of ants to count • The number of steps the ants took walking to the apple
#6 Which of the 3 types of Ants represents the control group? • Ant 1 • Ant 2 • Ant 3 • All of the above
#7 The Animated video of the experiment shows one ant per group. Is this an accurate representation of the actual experiment? • Yes • No
#8 Was the hypothesis supported by the results of the experiment? • Yes • No