San Diego Miramar Vernal Pools Project • Research vernal pools with a focus on your selected topic. • Research how the ecology of the vernal pools changes

San Diego Miramar Vernal Pools Project • Research vernal pools with a focus on your selected topic.

• Research how the ecology of the vernal pools changes over the course of a year (with a focus on your selected topic)

. • What data were you looking at? How is it expected to change over the course of a year?

• Include what data you managed to collect.

• Include a prediction for the future based on your research about vernal pools throughout the seasons as well as the data you collected.

• Include your data as a graph if possible and include your prediction in the graph if possible (make it very clear what is the real data and what is your prediction).

• Make an analysis of your data if possible, and discuss your prediction based on research. • Discuss some threats to vernal pools and what is being done to conserve them.

• Discuss the importance of the protection and conservation of vernal pools.

• Discuss some vulnerable species that live in vernal pools and why vernal pools are vital to them.

• Discuss how the vernal pools are important to your selected topic.

–You need a references section with at least 3 reputable/scientific references. (I recommend using https://scholar.google.com) –Your paper should be at least 2.5 – 3 pages (not including the references section), doublespaced typed, 12 point font, 1-inch margins, complete sentences/paragraph form.