Now take a look around you at all the living things you see. Ever wonder why a bee is attracted to a particular flower, or what would happen to an apple tree if there were no bees? If you were a scientist you could do an experiment to answer your question.

For this assignment, choose two organisms that interact with each other, such as bees and flowers, or consider the effect of any environmental factor on an organism, such as light, sound, air quality, food preference, or nutrient quantity or quality.

Now form a simple hypothesis about this interaction. Include the observation that led you to a hypothesis . Use the scientific method and your imagination to design an experiment that you might do to test this hypothesis. Be sure to include controls, and describe the variables that would remain constant and the one that you want to test. (Remember, you can only test one variable at a time.) Describe the type of data you would collect, and how you would evaluate it. What are your expected results (predictions)? State what your conclusion would be depending on those results. Would these results lead you to accept or reject your hypothesis?

Your format should then look like this:

Introduction: Describe your observation. Include any background information you may have found.

Hypothesis: Write a statement that describes your explanation for the observation.

Methods: Describe the experiment, variables to be held constant, variable to be tested, and controls.

Predictions: What do you predict as outcomes (results) of this experiment?

Conclusions: Do you accept or reject or accept hypothesis? Explain why.

Remember, you don't have to actually do the experiment, just write what you would do to test your idea.