Can culture change young people’s lives for the better? what role does the school play?
Sample Solution
Yes, culture can certainly change young people’s lives for the better. It provides a sense of identity and belonging, which is especially important during adolescence when young people are forming their individual identities. Culture also provides youth with a rich set of values and traditions that they can draw from to enrich their lives. Plus, cultural activities such as music or art provide creative outlets for self-expression and exploration.
Sample Solution
Yes, culture can certainly change young people’s lives for the better. It provides a sense of identity and belonging, which is especially important during adolescence when young people are forming their individual identities. Culture also provides youth with a rich set of values and traditions that they can draw from to enrich their lives. Plus, cultural activities such as music or art provide creative outlets for self-expression and exploration.
To begin we gathered 3 individual petri dishes with lids and put 15 large and 15 small lima beans in each dish. All lima beans used in this experiment were gathered from the same source. Next, we obtained the beetles from a laboratory container which supplied the class for this experiment. 3 randomly chosen female and 2 randomly chosen male bean beetles were placed in each petri dish. This was done by using an aspirator to suck each beetle into a collecting vial, then releasing the beetle into its prearranged petri dish. Finally, the petri dishes were placed in a room-temperature location for 2 weeks to allow enough time for fertilization and oviposition.
After 2 weeks, each individual bean was observed under a microscope and examined for eggs. To calculate our results we used the final measurements. Our ending measurements were obtained by observing, through the microscope, which beans had eggs laid on them. We recorded our observations by numbering how many eggs were found on each bean. After observing all 90 lima beans, we returned the beans back to their original groups to determine group averages. After, all 45 small and 45 large beans were placed together in separate categories. From this we were able to use our findings to calculate mean, standard deviation, and the standard error of the mean. After analyzation, we ran a t-test to determine whether size of the lima bean had any influence on the oviposition of C. maculatus.
Results
Our results were obtained from observing the amount of eggs laid on each individual lima bean within their groups. For group 1 we found 11 eggs oviposited on the small beans, 5 were on the large. In group 2 there were 29 on small, 13 on large. In group 3, 48 on small, 0 on large. In total, 88 eggs were laid on 45 small beans, whereas only 18 eggs were laid on the 45 large beans. This information was used to calculate group averages, visualized in graph 1. Data is expressed using a clustered column histogra
