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	Key Ideas Introduced in this Unit:</p>
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		Research&nbsp;project&nbsp;design</li>
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		Material&nbsp;preparation</li>
	<li>
		Sampling&nbsp;Techniques&nbsp;and&nbsp;protocols</li>
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	<a name="TOC-Concepts-and-Relationship:"></a>Concepts and Relationship:</h3>
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		There&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;relationship&nbsp;between&nbsp;the&nbsp;organisms&nbsp;collected&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;collection&nbsp;sites&nbsp;(why&nbsp;are&nbsp;we&nbsp;looking&nbsp;here&nbsp;for&nbsp;dragonfly&nbsp;larvae?)</li>
	<li>
		There&nbsp;is&nbsp;a&nbsp;reason&nbsp;for&nbsp;keeping&nbsp;tools,&nbsp;materials,&nbsp;and&nbsp;hands&nbsp;clean&nbsp;when&nbsp;gathering&nbsp;specimens?</li>
	<li>
		Why&nbsp;keeping&nbsp;accurate&nbsp;field&nbsp;data&nbsp;is&nbsp;important</li>
	<li>
		Why&nbsp;proper&nbsp;labeling&nbsp;is&nbsp;important</li>
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		It&nbsp;is&nbsp;important&nbsp;to&nbsp;take&nbsp;ONLY&nbsp;the&nbsp;organisms&nbsp;needed&nbsp;for&nbsp;a&nbsp;meaningful&nbsp;sample&nbsp;</li>
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	<a name="TOC-Vocabulary:"></a>Vocabulary:</h3>
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		Hypothesis&mdash;an educated guess at the answer to a research question</li>
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		Research project design&mdash;the outline of how an experiment will be conducted</li>
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		Sampling&mdash;the collection of a few specimens of one specific type of organism</li>
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	<h3>
		<a name="TOC-Student-Prerequisites:"></a>Student Prerequisites:</h3>
	What students need to know to complete this unit:</div>
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			What&nbsp;their&nbsp;hypothesis&nbsp;is</li>
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			Where&nbsp;they&nbsp;might&nbsp;expect&nbsp;to&nbsp;find&nbsp;the&nbsp;organisms&nbsp;they&nbsp;are&nbsp;sampling</li>
	</ul>
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	<h3>
		<a name="TOC-Misconceptions-about-mercury:"></a><font size="3"><b>Misconceptions about mercury: </b></font></h3>
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	</ul>
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	</ul>
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			It&nbsp;doesn&rsquo;t&nbsp;matter&nbsp;how&nbsp;the&nbsp;samples&nbsp;are&nbsp;collected</li>
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			It&nbsp;doesn&rsquo;t&nbsp;matter&nbsp;how&nbsp;many&nbsp;organisms&nbsp;we&nbsp;kill</li>
	</ul>
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