Experimental Design and Modeling in Aquaculture.pptVIP

Experimental Design and Modeling in Aquaculture School of Marine and Coastal Sciences, Quelimane, Mz We will cover this morning What is a scientist? What is the scientific method? How to design and execute an experiment. How to develop a simple model. Example of a teaching model – Fish Farm. A scientist – Someone who uses the scientific method to solve problems. So what is the scientific method? Formulate a question. Design an experiment to answer question. Carry out the experiment and collect the data. Analyze the data. Evaluate and verify hypothesis. Correct or incorrect. Science is like climbing a mountain. Only one way leads to the top. The other is blocked by cliffs, glaciers, and rock walls. How to find the way? Don’t conquer the world in one step! If you try the hard way to climb the cliff you will never make it to the top. You will fall and have accomplished nothing. This is like a poorly designed experiment. You have achieved nothing and your experiment was a failure. Look for the easy way! Well designed experiments will take you one step at a time to the top. Each experiment must be strong to serve as a foundation for the next step. If you fall from one step, you make corrections, retry and make it to the next step. How do we find the easy way? Experimental Design! Don’t attack the mountain without thinking. It is bigger and stronger than you are. But you have a brain! Use the scientific method – one step at a time Data Collection and Monitoring This is a necessary part of understanding the world. It is very important. It is NOT science until it is analyzed using the scientific method. There is much data in Quelimane suitable for analysis leading to an advanced degree which is being ignored. Climb the mountain the easy way! Parts of an experiment Develop question or hypothesis – Scientist Design experimental methodology – Scientist Collect data – Technician Analyze data – Scientist Evaluate hypothesis and verify – Scientist Did you know that Al