![]() | Project title | Territorial behavior of hamsters![]() ![]() |
Difficulty Level | Elementary school | |
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Description | ||
This science fair project was done to find out if hamsters are territorial animals. The tests were done by placing several pairs of hamsters in cages and observing their behavior. | ||
Instructions preview | ||
1. For this science fair project, the independent variable is placing the pair of hamsters in a cage with one set of resource or 2 set of resources. The dependent variable is the number of times the hamsters will confront each other and fight. This is determined by observing the hamsters for 8 hours. The constants (control variables) are the size of the cages, the number of hamsters in each cage and the length of time the hamsters are observed. 2. Select sixteen adult hamsters for this experiment. Divide them into 8 pairs. 3. Prepare the hamster cages by ..... |