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1.05 – DESIGNING YOUR OWN EXPERIMENT Lesson Organizer
Use this document to help you design your experiment about one of the scenarios from the activity. Copy and paste the template then insert your information for each of the steps of the scientific method.

Scenario Topic: Animals in Captivity

Problem
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Research
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(4 Points)Procedure
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Analysis
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Conclusion
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Does captivity affect the overall health of marine animals?
Death of a trainer from a killer whale who has been in captivity and has had similar incidents.
Some claim that animals that are released from captivity and put back into the wild end up not surviving.
Some claim that animals that are put into captivity end up having stunted growth or a decreased life span.

If marine animals that are put into captivity have health defects, then all animals that have been put into captivity are going to have problems with their overall health.

Procedure One:
Take two of the same marine species. Example: Killer whale.
Place one into captivity and keep one in the wild.
Observe both. See if the whale in captivity is having any different health effects then the whale in the wild. Example: Growth defects, decreased life span, depression.
Take the whale that was put into captivity and release back into the wild and see if it can survive on its own.

The whale that was put into captivity showed depression, irregular eating habits, and growth defects. When put back into the wild, the whale survived but had trouble adapting back to the natural habitat of the ocean. On the other hand, the whale that was kept in the wild grew normally and ate properly and prospered.

My results supported my hypothesis. The marine animals that were held in captivity had overall health problems while marine animals that were in the wild grew up healthy and prospered.

Grammar/Spelling
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