Thinking about how temperature affected heartworm incidence, students wanted more data! Considering both precipitation and population density played a role for nearly twenty years, students are seeing how these factors can influence heartworm incidence--making it go up or down.
Students were asked to summarize their findings by making an infographic...check out some student work samples!
From here, we've still got loads of questions that focus on three key topics, despite figuring out a lot about the factors that affect heartworm incidence. They are mosquitoes, heartworm, and natural disasters (what displaced a dog that died from heartworm in Susie's town). We're focusing on mosquitoes first!