SIMply Prairie -
Studying a Real Prairie - Quadrat Study
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Developing Your Skills |
- Read this background information. Find out what you can learn from a quadrat study.
- Practice a quadrat study.
- Identify prairie grasses and forbs.
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Gathering and Reporting Your Data |
- Collect your data using your grid and on-site data collection sheet.
- Look at an example and then enter your data.
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Compiling the Data for Your Study |
Check out the summary of your study. Find the percentage of each plant found in a prairie quadrat, a square meter of prairie. Make graphs of the data. Plants are divided into forbs and grasses.Find your study in the list of current studies to get its data summary.