Chil Flamingo: A New Threat

In the second unit of our Population class, we learned, practiced, and discussed several math concepts from finding standard deviation to mean, median, and mode to combination/permutation. We also learned a lot about our animals and evolution. Evolution was another really big focus of this unit. We discussed how evolution happens, what and why specific traits stay, and how that effects a species. I really enjoyed this unit because it went deep into evolution and made sure I got a good grasp of the content in this unit. For this action project, I created a presentation and predicted and hypothesized what could happen if a predator was to move into the Chilean Flamingo's habitat. I hope you enjoy the learning about what traits would work well for flamingos with a different predator.

IF "Open" 2017

Math Concepts

I assumed the height of my different flamingos and put them into a list so I can measure how far our outlier are from the center. The average height of a Chilean flamingo 43.2 in -51.6 in

Mean- 47.27      Median- 48        Mode- 48      Range- 9.59     Maximum- 51.6

Minimum- 42      1Q- 44.4           3Q- 49.5 

1. John- 48 in 

2. Carla- 49.2 in

3. Hubert- 44.4 in  

4. Robert- 46.8 in 

5. Leah- 48 in 

6. Michael- 42 in 

7. Max- 43.2 in

8. Ethan- 50 in 

9. Joseph- 51.6 in 

Standard deviation 

The standard deviation of the data tells us what percentage of the flamingos are in a certain height range.
Mean = 47.27
S= 3.13 

IF "Standard Deviation" 2017

68% of the flamingos = 44.14 in - 50. 4 in
95% of the flamingos = 41.01 in- 53.53 in
99% of the flamingos = 37.88 in- 56.66 in

This picture shows that the 99% of the 9 flamingos we chose land in between the heights of 37.88 inches and 56.66 inches. 95% of the 9 flamingos are between the heights of 41.01 inches and 53.53 inches. 68% of the 9 flamingos land between 44.14 inches and 50.4 inches in height.

Combination and permutation

For finding the combination, I found that introducing the flamingos into a new environment doesn't matter; making the situation a combination. Shown in the photo below is the work that I did to find the permutation and combination of my set. Their are 9 animals in my set making the "n" = 9. I chose three flamingos to possibly survive making my "r" = 3.

IF "nPr" 2017

Citations

Arpingstone. "Slimbridge chilean flamingo". 2004. photograph  

Bjoertvedt. “Phoenicopterus Chilensis LoroParqueTenerife Chilean Flamingo IMG 5181.”Commons.wikimedia.org, 22 Feb. 2015,                                                                  

Bjoertvedt. “Phoenicopterus Chilensis LoroParqueTenerife Chilean Flamingo IMG 5187.”Commons.wikimedia.org, 22 Feb. 2015,     

Cole, Sandy. "Chilean Flamingo juvinile SMTC". 2012. photograph 

Dominic Sherony. “Western Grebe Swimming .” Commons.wikimedia.org, 30 Nov. 2008,
Grider, Angela. “ZAFlamingo.” Commons.wikimedia.org, 8 Sept. 2006,      

Ltshears. “Chilean Flamingo.” Commons.wikimedia.org, 15 Nov. 2013,     

Lydekker, Richard. "The royal natural history." IV, Warne, 1922. - Flamingos are related to smaller birds.

Shears, Trisha M. "Chilean Flamingo 4". 2006. photograph

Tragopan. “Chilenischer Flamingo Tiergarten Bernburg 2007.” Commons.wikimedia.org, 6 July 2007,
Zienowicz, Alina. "Phoenicpterus chilensis". 2010. photograph