Blackfish Study: Capture blackfish and keep them in captivity. Study their color variations, size variations, diet, and color. What will they eat (mealworms, mosquito larva, smaller fish, algae, commercial fish food, salmon eggs, etc)? What sizes do they range from? Are there in variations in colors, patterns, and physical appearance? Record all data and show a full study of blackfish biology.
Animal Study: Ask a trapper if you can study all of his catches of one species for one month. Check the gender ratio (how many males vs females). Record color variations, size variations, and any special markings or patterns. Check their stomaches for dietary matter. Compare one locations statistics to another. Is there a difference? What research did you discover? (If you wanna go all out, you could ask Fish and Game for their records in your area from previous years via tagging reports).
Bug Study: Hatch different bug species in your home. You can purchase praying mantis, butterflies, spiders, ants, and even ladybugs online. I know it sounds a bit unethical, but put each species in the cold weather (in a container where they cannot escape) and judge how long that insect can stay alive in Alaska's winter conditions. What animal stayed the longest, the shortest? Did their behavior change? Did any hibernate or hide away? Did any survive- would they be an invasive species?
Decomposure Study: Introduce maggots to a peice of meat and judge how long it takes them to 'decompose' the meat. Do temperature changes effect the decompsure rate? What about light changes or the age/size of the maggots?
Sleddog Quickness: Compare different sleddogs for their quickness (record their time over a certain distance). What breed of dogs are the fastest (malimutes, greyhoud/malimute mix, huskey, etc). What makes them the fastest? Do they have larger ribs, longer torsoes, longer legs, wider chests, etc? Does size matter?
Winter Clothing Warmth: Measure the insulation of different winter fabrics. Goose down, mink fur, wool, polyester, etc and record the differences. Which one is the warmest? Which is the coldest? Do layers matter? Does thickness matter? I'm not sure how to measure heat insulation, but I know a young girl in this village one the Anchorage Science Fair last year with a measurement of different furs. This is a slight variation of that experiment. So I should give credit to Kayci (she was the original one to do this kind of experiment).https://www.etsy.com/listing/67666652/porky-the-porcupine-vintage-collage-and?ref=sr_gallery_19&ga_search_query=science+kit&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=all&ga_facet=science+kit
Animal Study: Ask a trapper if you can study all of his catches of one species for one month. Check the gender ratio (how many males vs females). Record color variations, size variations, and any special markings or patterns. Check their stomaches for dietary matter. Compare one locations statistics to another. Is there a difference? What research did you discover? (If you wanna go all out, you could ask Fish and Game for their records in your area from previous years via tagging reports).Bug Study: Hatch different bug species in your home. You can purchase praying mantis, butterflies, spiders, ants, and even ladybugs online. I know it sounds a bit unethical, but put each species in the cold weather (in a container where they cannot escape) and judge how long that insect can stay alive in Alaska's winter conditions. What animal stayed the longest, the shortest? Did their behavior change? Did any hibernate or hide away? Did any survive- would they be an invasive species?
Decomposure Study: Introduce maggots to a peice of meat and judge how long it takes them to 'decompose' the meat. Do temperature changes effect the decompsure rate? What about light changes or the age/size of the maggots?
Sleddog Quickness: Compare different sleddogs for their quickness (record their time over a certain distance). What breed of dogs are the fastest (malimutes, greyhoud/malimute mix, huskey, etc). What makes them the fastest? Do they have larger ribs, longer torsoes, longer legs, wider chests, etc? Does size matter?
Winter Clothing Warmth: Measure the insulation of different winter fabrics. Goose down, mink fur, wool, polyester, etc and record the differences. Which one is the warmest? Which is the coldest? Do layers matter? Does thickness matter? I'm not sure how to measure heat insulation, but I know a young girl in this village one the Anchorage Science Fair last year with a measurement of different furs. This is a slight variation of that experiment. So I should give credit to Kayci (she was the original one to do this kind of experiment).https://www.etsy.com/listing/67666652/porky-the-porcupine-vintage-collage-and?ref=sr_gallery_19&ga_search_query=science+kit&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_ship_to=US&ga_page=2&ga_search_type=all&ga_facet=science+kit
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