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Organizing my data was surprisingly easy to do. I focused on gathering data that was exactly relevant to my predictions. That proved to be very useful as it truly was a breeze to put together. The outcome was fairly similar to what I expected. I did expect there to be more moss in the areas with more sunlight. So that was accurate. Perhaps I should actually add that as a proper prediction in my final report. I have been slightly confused whether a variable should be used as a prediction in the introduction as well, or if that is completely different that should be used in the discussion only. It will all come together nicely though. Evidently, that is the purpose of these blogs.
My data definitely gave me ideas of further exploration. I have limited time, resources and knowledge, so it would absolutely be interesting to gather soil samples to calculate the moisture, for example. I was going to calculate soil moisture, however, winter creeped up on me faster than expected. The soil is frozen now. It would be interesting to see how moisture can affect the directional growth of moss. It could be good to see if moss grows in the same places and trees each year. Of course, it would be perfect to go much more in depth to see the relationship between which moss grows on which tree to see if that affects anything. It would be good to do some kind of wildlife survey, see if there are any moss-eating creatures that perhaps prefer moss on the south side of trees, leaving the northern side lush of moss. There are so many interesting research ideas that could grow from this introductory study that examines an urban legend.
