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I very much enjoyed coming up with an experiment and then conducting it by myself. It was very challenging to come up with an idea since when I first started this class there was very heaving snow fall occurring so it was hard to really explore somewhere to find something that was interesting for me to want to further investigate.
It was challenging to set up the experiment where I had to make some modifications when mapping out the experiment guide lines so that it fit the rule of 10 and also limiting down on what I was wanting to examine since at first my idea was too broad. However, once I had a clear outline for my experiment I had no troubles collecting data and was not too difficult interpreting the data.
By doing this experiment I have learn how much dedication and time is need when conducting ecological experiments where even for my experiment more data is needed to be collected over a larger time period to determine exactly what weather condition effects moss richness and if it changes during different seasons of the years. Where this also shows just how interconnected everything is in the environment and how ecology theories are important in understand some of these relationships found in nature.
some great comments!