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 During the 2008 Math and Science Partnership our group decided to study the correlation between the population of insect orders and the populations of flower species. We hypothesized that the largest population of flowers would have to be pollinated by the most diverse orders of insects or the largest order of insects. Either the species of flowers was able to attract the most abundant type of insect, or was suited to attract many different orders.  To begin our research we found the approximate populations of insect orders, to determine which order was the largest. Our researched showed that Coleoptera was the largest order of insects.

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  We counted the populations of different wildflowers at Lake Lawtonka across area #2 (100 feet east and then 100 feet north). Our flower species and numbers are found in the data below.   [|Lead plant-13] [|Vetch-50] [|Daisy Flea-bane-225] [|Smooth wild petunia-1] [|Primrose-6] [|Threadleaf Thelesperma-1] [|Golden Coreopsis-2] [|Prarie Coneflower-2] [|Bluet-23] [|Krameira-13]  [|Tickseed-9]  [|Prarie pink sabatia-4]  [|Yarrow-2]  [|Meadow pink sabatia-3]  [|Black-eyed Susan-1]  [|Blue Wild Indigo-1] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block"> <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block"> We then graphed our data to compare the populations of flowers, finding that Daisy Fleabane was the species with the greatest population at the Wichita Mts. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block">media type="custom" key="853767" <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block">

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block"><span style="color: rgb(246, 14, 41); font-family: Georgia,serif">June 3rd: Sunset Park- <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">We moved on to find the correlation between our insect orders and the flower species. We chose ten species of flowers at the park and identified the orders of the insects that were pollinating them. The flower and insect species found are listed below. <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"> Prarie Coneflower <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif"> - coleoptera, and diptera <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Golden coreopsis <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">- no insect  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">Prarie pink sabatia <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif">- no insect  <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block">Barrel cactus - orthoptera nymph <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block">Prickly-pear cactus - coleoptera, and hymenoptera <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block">Yellow stonecrop - no insect <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block">Lobelia - lepidoptera, skipper <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block">Black-eyed Susan - no insect <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block">Thelesperma - no insect <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block">Tickseed, Coreopsis - hemiptera, seed bug <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block">Meadow Garlic - no insect <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block"> Below is a slideshow of the pictures taken of the above flowers.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)"> For the next two <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block"><span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; color: rgb(0, 0, 0)">days we spent 10 min sessions watching specific species of flowers and recorded the number of insect visits from the five orders. Our data for the two days is graphed below, along with pictures of the insect visits.

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<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif; text-align: center; display: block"><span style="color: rgb(255, 26, 26); font-family: Georgia,serif"> <span style="color: rgb(5, 0, 0)"> Beavers Bend We collected Data along the Yanubee, Lukfata, and Glover. Our data for the 3 days is in the graphs below. The first slideshow and graph are of the flower numbers

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This is a short video of a hike we took while at Beaver's Bend State Park.
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