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Endangered Species Awareness Survey

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Endangered Species Awareness Survey | Science Fair Projects | STEM Projects
How much do people really know about endangered and extinct animals? This project uses a survey to find out. You write a questionnaire with factual questions about endangered species. Questions cover topics like why pandas are at risk and what causes extinction. You hand the survey to a random sample of people and score their answers. You chart the results to see which facts most people know and which ones they get wrong. The findings highlight gaps in public knowledge about wildlife.

Hypothesis

The hypothesis is that the majority of the responses to the factual questions on the questionnaire will be correct.

Method & Materials

You will write a statement of purpose, review literature, develop a hypothesis, write a questionnaire, hand it out to students, score the questionnaires, analyze the data, and write a summary and conclusion.
You will need a topic, statement of purpose, review of literature, hypothesis, questionnaire, data collection sheet, and simple statistics, charts, and graphs.

Results

The survey results showed that the majority of students knew that extinct means that a species of animal is no longer around, and that the leading cause of extinction is destruction of habitat. The most interesting observation was that a majority of 96% felt that governments should have harsher punishments for poachers.

Why do this project?

This science project is interesting and unique because it gives students the opportunity to learn about endangered species and their habitats, and to express their opinions on how to protect them.

Also Consider

Experiment variations to consider include surveying a different age group, or surveying a different school.

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