In Spring 2018, as part of the Writing in Biology course at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, a proposal project was given. Each group would to design (come up with) a project to be carried out by the whole class. In this proposal, we aim to approach this method of identifying and observing insects or creatures present in the Morrill Buildings III and IV located in the University of Massachusetts, Amherst campus for insects. In particular insects or creatures such as ants, carpenter bees, spiders, fruit flies, or other types of flies. Each group will be assigned a particular sector of either the Morrill III or Morrill IV building. They will be examining the windowsills to see if there are creatures roaming around and will count how many they see present. They will describe the environment in which they found a particular insect and whether there are other items present around the windowsills. This includes taking note if dust, webs, cracks or holes are present. Independent variable is floor and Morrill Building. Our dependent variable will be the evidential factors of organisms present as well as number of organisms observed. Understanding the environments insects thrive will be a key feature and take away.
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