10/2/2013 GN This article is about emperor penguins, escaping velocity. Glenn Hodges describes the process in which emperor penguins uses as a lubricant to cut drag and increase speed. It shows the connection between animals and inventions. Animals can inspire inventions. By watching a behavior performed by an animal, we humans can explore such behaviors and use it to our advantage. Many things used today were inspired by animals. Michael phelps swam at the Beijing olympics wearing a new swimsuit based on a study of sharkskin. Sharkskin regulates the flow of water around the body. Glenn Hodges. "Emperor Penguins." : Escape Velocity. N.p., Nov. 2012. Web. 01 Oct. 2013. <http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/11/emperorpenguins/hodgestext>. Reflection: This was an interesting article. I have always believed that nature inspires the best inventions, and this article supports that belief. Uncovering nature's mystery is like having all of the knowledge in the universe. I have never realized how important one organism is until reading Emperor Penguins. Even though, this article is not applicable to my experiment, I enjoyed the reading. GN, 2013 I used lots of my own drawings. I think this enhances the project and makes it more personal. This article is about the birds’ mating process and its intricacy. The Wahnes’s parotia is a bird of paradise. The males perform a dance to attract the female. They shake their heads and push their feathers out to form a tutu like silhouette. Matting in this species is rare, making the males dance a little more special. Reflection: This article did helped with my project. I learned about how much dancing means to the Wahnes’s parotia! While performing my experiment, I considered the informations provided in this article. It was a big help! Tim Laman. "The Moment: Bird'sEye View." National Geographic Magazine. National Geographic, n.d. Web. 02 Oct. 2013. <http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2012/12/birdsofparadise/lamanfieldnotes>. Type of bird food: Sunflower seeds Fruits (raisins, craisins, and sliced apples) Location of each feeders:
Red: 7348 N Paulina St (between Chase Ave & Sherwin Ave) Chicago, IL 60626 Blue: 1230 W Greenleaf Ave, Chicago, IL White: 4701 N. Ashland Ave. Chicago IL 60640 Orange: 7348 N Paulina St (between Chase Ave & Sherwin Ave) Chicago, IL 60626 Green: 1230 W Greenleaf Ave, Chicago, IL
Bird frequency chart
Date
Time
Number of sighting
Observation
09/28/2013
09:26 10:26
30
Trees, shade, and lots of garden.
09/28/2013
12:30 1:30
25
Trees, shade, and lots of garden.
09/28/2013
3:00 4:00
18
Trees, shade, and lots of garden.
09/28/2013
5:10 6:20
10
Trees, shade, and lots of garden.
09/29/2013
09:26 10:26
10
Trees, shade, and lots of garden.
09/29/2013
11:00 12:00
6
Trees, shade, and lots of garden.
09/29/2013
1:26 2:03
13
Trees, shade, and lots of garden.
09/29/2013
4:00 5:00
18
Trees, shade, and lots of garden.
This is a frequency data of how many times I have seen this organism.
( Birds visits chart) Numbers of birds visiting the feeders
Days
Orange
White
Green
Blue
Red
1
6
7
1
2
5
2
8
2
1
1
8
3
9
2
2
0
12
4
10
1
2
1
17
Total
33
12
6
4
42
Standard deviation shows how much variation there is from the average. Red feeder coordinates: 5,8,12,17 (n): 4 (n 1): 3 Red mean: 10.5 White mean: 3 Green mean: 1.5 Blue mean: 1 Orange mean: 8.25
= 5.196 Standard deviation
Orange
White
Green
Blue
Red
1.7078
2.708
0.5773
0.8164
5.196
This graph shows that birds prefer red feeders, and recognize color. While conducting this experiment, I was particularly interested in the American Robin. American robin is a bird species.