Science Lesson #165

University Of Wyoming Raccoon Project

Questions

  1. What are scientists trying to learn from this project?
  2. What kind of data are scientists using?
  3. Where did they get the data from?
  4. How did your involvement help the scientists?

My Answers

  1. Scientists are trying to learn about the behavior of raccoons.
  2. The scientists are using mammal classifications to learn about raccoons.
  3. The scientists have cameras set up and they give us pictures for us to classify and send in.
  4. We give the scientists the classifications they need to learn about raccoons.

I would recommend the University Of Wyoming Raccoon Project for people who would like to help scientists, but don’t know where to start. It is very simple.