Benjamin Matthews3/7/11
Per. 2
Introduction: In order to get a good observation on whales, for better data collecting we had attended a tourist whale watch in the mourning at the beginning of class. Even though we couldn’t use the clinometers to measure our distance between us and the whales because of our constantly moving boat, and unknowing how higher we are at the ground. But we could still observe the whale’s behavior patterns and view them doing different activities, and still input the data. We were to gather data from the whales about their behavior, migration and movement, figuring out whether it would be the time for breathing, breaching, etc.
Question: Which activities done most frequently between whale pod groups?
Hypothesis: I think that the activities whales perform their activities most frequently are between breaching and breathing between mother and calf.
Prediction: Breaching will be most done by the calfs and mothers in the mourning than breathing.
Procedure:
1) Attend the whale watch
2) Ready data collecting with partner
3) Await until 11:00 for time to begin collecting data
4) Keep eyes peeled for whales
5) Record activity data into worksheet
6) Await for other activity to be spotted during whale watch
Data:
Data Analysis: (Graph shows that breaching is the most frequent activity done mostly by the Mother/Calf type among the pod groups).
Materials:
1) Worksheet
2) Writing Utensil
3) Partner at ready
4) Cameras ready
5) Proper clothing for trip
Conclusion: After collecting the data, I conclude that the most frequent activity done is breaching with a mother and calf which is done in the early mourning after observation.
P.S.O.E: Improper data collecting, the data could have been wrong. Whales miscounted, the whale watch could have been canceled. Mistaking whales between different parts of the pod for another, etc.
P.S - Student Generated picture rights to Lindsey Knipp (original owner).
