Domestic Desert Cats

Hi and welcome to my blog. This is action project is for the second unit of "From and To" for my S.T.E.A.M course, Populations. We have been learning about the behavior and traits of animals and evolution and the changes in organisms by how they adapt to the environment around them. We have been studying the concepts of combinations, permutations; sample, population, scatter plots, standard deviation, quartiles, mean, median, and mode. We went on Field Experiences to Lincoln Park Zoo, where we interviewed and listened to Professor Stephen Ross. During this discussion, we learned about how zoos collect data specifically on primates and apes; where do zoos get their animals from, and how scientists record data identifying behavior and traits of the primates and apes. For this project, we were instructed to pick a random number of either cats or dogs from a data collection that our class made together. With my "sample" of cats from the entire "population" of cats, I decided where I would travel to in order to experiment with their behaviors, traits, and adaptations to their new habitat. The most challenging part of this action project for me was creating the clay model of my animal(s) in the future. It was very time consuming but I enjoyed the outcome of my art and this project.

In this project, I decided to incorporate the math and calculations inside of the google spreadsheet so they wouldn't distract you from the story of the project. You can click on the link highlighted to view my calculations.

Citations

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“Wildcat | Mammal, Felis Silvestris.” Encyclopædia Britannica, 2019, www.britannica.com/animal/wildcat-mammal-Felis-silvestris. Accessed 12 Nov. 2019.

“BBC - Science & Nature - Wildfacts - Fennec Fox.” Archive.Org, 2012, web.archive.org/web/20131202191221/www.bbc.co.uk/nature/wildfacts/factfiles/146.shtml. Accessed 12 Nov. 2019.