GUTS Y Girls (141)

The GUTS Y Girls team (#141) is from Santa Fe. This year they've submitted a project titled Gray Wolves and their Habitat.

Team Members

 * Jade Comellas
 * Jailene Miramomtes

Sponsoring teacher

 * Susan Gibbs

Interim Report
http://mode.lanl.k12.nm.us/get_interim1112.php?team_id=14

Our first question

 * When we first began we were interested in how Gray wolves live and survive in the wild.
 * The question: How can we keep the gray wolves thriving without having them disturbed or disturbing the humans?
 * Also: How can we keep them from away from live stock and how to make a stable home / environment?

What we have done so far

 * We developed about five different breeds that interact with each other: Grey Wolves, Rabbits, plants, humans and cattle.
 * So far, we have made the gray wolves chase the cattle and eat the rabbits. The cattle would only be eaten if there was not enough rabbits in the Grey Wolves’ diet. As a response, the humans would hunt them down.
 * We are starting to keep the humans from killing the wolves unless they go into there farms and hurt the cattle.

What we Hope to get Done

 * We are still working on, if we can make the wolves staying away from the human area and farms.
 * Developing areas that both human and animals can live in without disturbing one another.
 * Also: run test to see what would be the best way of saving the species of Gray Wolves.
 * Then, we will draw conclusions.

Our struggles
Our Expected Results THE END!! Thank You
 * One of our first struggles was to make sure that there is a stable environment and no one breed would overpopulate any others.
 * Also it was hard to keep the gray wolves alive with out eating the cattle.
 * Another hardship was to keep the humans and grey wolves in their own certain areas.
 * We expected that when population of the rabbits is low the wolves will start going after the cattle and the wolves population will decrease.
 * If we increase the population of the rabbits the wolves would thrive and not go after the cattle.
 * This would create a better relationship and interactions with the wolves and the humans.

Introduction
Hi,

My name is Drew Einhorn. See the biography on my User Page.

Progress
You have made good progress on a complex predator-prey simulation.

Mentors
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Model
In your struggles you have noticed unexpected results. How you deal with these unexpected results is the heart of your project.

Sometimes the unexpected results are:
 * the result of a bug in your program that you have to fix
 * the result of an inaccuracy in you model the you have to understand and correct.
 * they are your significant results.
 * For example, If the rabbit population crashes, bad things happen, etc.
 * Understanding and explaining the results of you simulations to the judges is as important as creating your model.

Face to Face Evaluation
Your next milestone is a |face to face evaluation in February.

Rubrics
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 * Expo Judges Rubric
 * Finalist Judges Rubric

Good Luck!!
You are making good progress on an interesting project.