9/7/18

Rational:

To collect soil on campus from three White Oaks with two group members (three other sample will be taken off campus by the remaining group members in Cameron Park Waco, TX)

Procedure:

• Walked around campus look for White Oaks
• Found a Bur Oak (a type of White Oak) in the Burleson Quadrangle (near Fountain Mall)
• Claire recorded data and observations about the tree before taking a soil and leaf sample
• Found another Bur Oak in Burleson Quadrangle
• I recorded data and observations about the tree and then took a soil and leaf sample
• The last tree was found in Founders Mall
• Kathryn recorded data and observations about the tree and then took a soil and leaf sample

Observations:

• The circumference was 86.5 cm, canopy width- 427.2 cm, and tree height- approx. 914.4 cm
• One area on the bark had a large population of ants on it
• Some of the leaves seemed to be turning brown
• Though some of the area around the tree was bare some was covered in thick grass

*observations only on the tree I took a sample from

Results:

Does the presence or absence of pesticides impact the amount of arthrobacter phages found in the soil

*question resulting from the discussion on 9/5

*note we did not choose trees of similar size like originally planned

Fig.1.B – The leaves of the Bur Oak I collected my soil sample from