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    This grant proposal focuses on studying the impact of environmental conditions on bay biodiversity. It proposes comparing biodiversity between two conditions, such as locations closer to and farther from storm drains, to determine how human runoff affects ocean life. Key measurements, or dependent variables, would be the percentage of substrate covered by different organisms, number of arthropod species, and total arthropod amount. Controlled variables like depth and substrate would also be accounted for. The proposal aims to address how human activities like runoff influence biodiversity, helping address local and global conservation issues.

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    This grant proposal focuses on studying the impact of environmental conditions on bay biodiversity. It proposes comparing biodiversity between two conditions, such as locations closer to and farther from storm drains, to determine how human runoff affects ocean life. Key measurements, or dependent variables, would be the percentage of substrate covered by different organisms, number of arthropod species, and total arthropod amount. Controlled variables like depth and substrate would also be accounted for. The proposal aims to address how human activities like runoff influence biodiversity, helping address local and global conservation issues.

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    This grant proposal focuses on studying the impact of environmental conditions on bay biodiversity. It proposes comparing biodiversity between two conditions, such as locations closer to and farther from storm drains, to determine how human runoff affects ocean life. Key measurements, or dependent variables, would be the percentage of substrate covered by different organisms, number of arthropod species, and total arthropod amount. Controlled variables like depth and substrate would also be accounted for. The proposal aims to address how human activities like runoff influence biodiversity, helping address local and global conservation issues.

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    GrantProposalBayBiodiversity

    ResearchandGrantWriting
    (GroupAssignment)
    Useintextcitationstociteallideasthatarenotyourown(everysentence).

    1)BiodiversityResearch

    Whatisbiodiversity?Whyisbiodiversityimportant?Howarehumansimpacting
    biodiversityintheoceans?Whyisunderstandingoceanlifeimportant?

    2)YourIndependentVariable(thecause)

    Exploresomeoftheexperimentalconditionsthatyoucouldcompare:toptobottomofthe
    arms,cavesversusopen,closetoboatsorfaraway,onrocksormud,deeperorshallower,
    closetostormdrainsorfaraway.

    Decideon
    one
    environmentalconditionthatyouwillcomparethatmayaffect
    biodiversity.Thiscouldberelatedtothegeneresearchthatyoujustdid.Thisisyour
    independentvariableorthechangethatyouwillcompare.

    Whyhaveyouchosenthisindependentvariable?Whatdoyoupredictwillbethe
    differencebetweenthetwoconditions?Why?

    Explainwhy/howthisresearchmaybeusefulinaddressingalargerlocalorglobal
    issue.Forexample,comparingdifferencesinbiodiversitycloserandfartherawayfrom
    thestormdrainwilltellushowhumanrunoffaffectsbiodiversity?

    3)DependentVariables(theeffect)

    Thedependentvariablesarethemeasurementsthatyouwilltaketoansweryour
    question.
    Examplesofdependentvariablesthatyoumightexaminearethepercentageof
    theplatesthatarecoveredbydifferentfunctionalgroups.Thenumberofdifferentspeciesof
    arthropods,thenumberofdifferentspecies,theamountoftotalarthropods.

    REMEMBER:WewillonlyhavetheARMSsubmergedfortwomonths,soitmaybebetterto
    bemorebroadintheamountofdatathatwecollect.

    Chooseonethreedependentvariables.Whyhaveyouchosenthesedependent
    variables?

    4)ControlledVariables(howwearemakingsurethattheothervariablesarecontrolled
    for)

    Ifyouaretestingtheeffectofthestormdrainshowareyoucontrollingfordepth,
    substrate,andotherenvironmentalconditions.

    Notewhicharmsyouwilllookat
    (Boatsshallow,stormdrainsshallow,stormdrainsdeep,entranceshallow,kelp)

    Includeasummaryonhowyouwillsplituptheworkandwhatyouwilldoifsomeonedoesnt
    dothework(includingnotnotifyingtheteacher).

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