Melrose High School (85)

The Melrose High School team (#85) is from Melrose. This year they've submitted a project titled Psature-ization.

Proposal
http://mode.lanl.k12.nm.us/get_proposal1112.php?team_id=85

We would like to use StarLogo to determine how many cattle a section of land will support.

The variables will be rainfall, and rabbits and possibly other wildlife that also consume the grass.

Interim Report
http://mode.lanl.k12.nm.us/get_interim1112.php?team_id=85

Area of Science:
Biology

Problem Definition:
We would like to use Starlogo to determine how many cattle a section of land will support. The variables will be rainfall, cattle numbers, rabbits, and possibly other wildlife that will eat the grass.

Plan:
We will research how much cattle eat, grass growth rates, average rainfall, and other herbivores effects.

Progress:
We have just started. We hope to research over Christmas break.

Results:
We want to learn how to model a scientific problem. We want to learn about computer programming.

Citations:
• Magazine Articles • Textbooks • Teachers • Internet • Parents

Introduction
Hi,

My name is LD "Gus" Landis. See the biography on my User Page.

Progress
How can we help you progress on your project? What is your next step? Have you studied some of the models from the Project GUTS website, ?

Mentors
If you do not yet have a mentor, please contact consult for help in finding a mentor to help you with this project.

Model
What sort of model are you planning to use?

Based on your stated goals it could be either an agent or a computational model. Having stated that you are intending to use StarLogo leads me to think that you are planning an agent based model.

I strongly recommend that you need assistance with this aspect, please write to consult @ supercomputingchallenge dot org

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

Rubrics
The judges will use these rubrics to evaluate your projects. Use them as checklists for what you need to communicate to the judges.


 * Expo Judges Rubric
 * Finalist Judges Rubric