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Research question: What are the reasons that change fishes system in the lake?
Justification:
Since UISZC was an eco-park, human didn't settle down around UISZC but still the humanity
is there, after it had been transformed to an International school, the human community
had entered and disturbed the ecosystem.
UISZC is located in ZengCheng Guangzhou China, the environment is very nature, there are
mountains and there is a big circle of lake. I had heard that before the lake was within a lot
different fish species. But about 4 years ago, the workers continuously found fishes dead, a
lot of different fish species have died out in the lake.
Observation of lake
For this Investigation, I compared the difference between the parts of the lake in our school.
First, I chose 3 areas of lake that most possibly have different elements to another, to make
this investigation has varying data. Therefore I have chosen the lake around Canteen,
Boarding house, and around the garden, where there is a bees farm. In my opinion, this
three particular places have different element that might affect the lake qualities, polluted
rate, or else. The lake around the canteen is where the cookers and worker pouring the food
waste attract fishes coming for food. Lake in front of the boarding house does not have
much fishes. Because of big trees beside the lake blocks sunlight from Sun, lower the rate of
photosynthesis, also there is an accommodation where human should have interrupted
fishs life. Around the farm side, the plants, trees are all planted by man; the whole ecology
there is made up artificially. Suspect that the fish population around canteen is higher than
2 another place.
Farm side
Canteen
Boarding House
Investigation of lakes
Independent variable (places)
1. around canteen
2. In front of the boarding house
3. Near the garden
Dependent variables
Equipment
Lab quest x1
Lab quest is a data logger that connected to a probe; it clearly shows the detected
value from any probes.
Ph probe x1
Ph probe is scientific equipment that measures ph in liquid solution, detecting it is
acidic or alkaline.
Temperature probe x1
Temperature probe can be used in any solution, liquids and acids. But it does not do
well in air.
Thermometer x1
Thermometer is used to measure the degrees of coldness to hotness.
Beaker x1
Beaker is used to get the water from lake.
Procedure
First, get ready with the equipment; make sure the lab quest is full charge.
A bike instead of walking, take along the probes, beaker and lab quest
Arrive the first site, chose an area that might has variety elements.
Look around for couple minute, see if there are any issues that can be involved in the
investigation (Eutrophication, erosion, water, and condition, anything going well or
unusual) and note it down.
Pour 100ml water from the lake up to the beaker.
Measure the air temperature, water temperature and the ph for quantity data with
equipment.
There is a bee farm near to where I collected the water sample at farm side. To avoid
getting in to any dangerous situation with the bees, I did not walk to there.
Consider about snakes are in this grassland, I ride a bike instead of walking by foot.
While collecting water sample, always look around, pay attention if snake come out.
Water Temp (C )
25.2
Temperature (C )
25
25 24.9
24.8 24.7
24.6
24.4 24.3
24.2 Water Temp (C)
24
23.8
In front boarding Canteen side Near the garden Average
house
Investigated Places
air temperature(C )
30 26 25
Temperature (C )
25 23.3
19
20
15
10
air temperature
5
0
In front boarding Canteen side Near the garden Average
house
Investigated Places
Ph.
6.6 6.45
6.4
6.2 6.09
Ph Level
6.03
6
5.8
5.8
Ph.
5.6
5.4
In front boarding Canteen side Near the garden Average
house
investigated Places
http://www.bettaboxx.com/betta-care/betta-fish-water-use-not-use-test/
According to the collected data, Ph level in Canteen Lake is the lowest but it is strange that
this area within the most population of fish. But normally most of the aquatic creatures live
in 6.5-9.0 ph; therefore the fish species in the lake might have stronger immunity system
than other aquatic life, they might be able to live in wider ph range water.
Both lake in front of boarding house and gardening site have provide suitable ph value for
most freshwater aquatic life, the reason that both sides of lakes have slightly low fish
population might because all the fish had always attracted by the food at the canteen sides
lake. Moreover, their living standards are not very fastidious.
The lake in front the boarding house has a lot of trees; side of the lake is shady and cold, this
might be the reason that the air temperature in there is low (19 C).
Conclusion:
According to my observations, the fish species that I found in whole lake are proximately
same species. Then, consider to fish population at the lake of the canteen side and two
other sides, boarding house and farm sites have a well ph and quiet environment, but the
fish are all favour to the canteen side, my conclusion is that the fish I observed in lake are
mostly a same species.
The reason of the lack of fish species might because canteen workers always pour foods into
the lake, changed the original ecosystem. Due to natural selection fish that are weak to
survive through the environment change die out. Perhaps there were more fish species
before our human community disturbed and changed the system, some of the fish species
cannot survive in the changes.
Discussion:
Human community extended goes on and on, continuously interrupts nature environment,
it has always a problem around the world, though most of the governments controlled and
protecting some part of nature environment but these might not be easy to be controlled,
humans development is degeneration of nature.
Evaluation:
Limitation Impact on method Improvement Suggest
Short period of time -Speed up the process in this Start this investigation after
investigation knowing information
-Result is slightly imprecise
Work sites/sources
http://www.lakeaccess.org/russ/temperature.htm
http://www.lordgrey.org.uk/~f014/usefulresources/aric/Resources/Teaching_Packs/Key_Stage_4/Acid_Rain/04.html
http://www.vernier.com/products/sensors/temperature-sensors/tmp-bta/
http://www.utahloy.com/zc/facilities.html#campusmap
http://www.lakeaccess.org/russ/ph.htm
http://www.fondriest.com/environmental-measurements/parameters/water-quality/ph/#p4
https://www.apswater.com/article.asp?id=64&title=The+Water+Cycle
http://www.creditvalleyca.ca/watershed-science/our-watershed/the-water-cycle/how-humans-affect-the-water-cycle/
http://michiganlakes.msue.msu.edu/lake_ecology/measuring_eutrophication
https://sites.google.com/a/mpls.k12.mn.us/housenga-science/ib-environmental-systems-and-societies/ia-water-pollution-
planning-lab
Water quality measuring:
https://www.swfwmd.state.fl.us/education/kids/watermonitoring/measuring.html
https://thewaterproject.org/resources/the_water_cycle