SAND DUNE PROTECTION (DUNE GRASS) BY: SOMMER NYSSE DANYELLE TAYLOR & TALIYAH MAJOR CLAIM MAINTAINIG AN ECOSYSTEMS NATURAL VEGETATION IS NECESSARY FOR PREVENTING EROSION. MEANING OF THE CLAIM YOU HAVE TO TAKE CARE OF THE GRASS DUNE OR EROSION WILL DAMAGE THE SAND DUNES TESTABLE QUESTION DOES CHANGING THE AMOUNT OF DUNE GRASS EFFECT THE SIZE OF THE SAND DUNE? MATERIAL LIST SAND GRASS SEEDS RULER WATER FOIL PAN HYPOTHESIS IF I DECREASE THE AMOUNT OF DUNE GRASS THEN IT WILL MAKE THE SAND DUNE SMALLER. PROCEDURE BUILD SAND & DUNE GRASS MEASURE THE DUNES TO SEE IF THEYRE EQUAL RECORD THE SIZE POUR THE WATER ON THE DUNE GRASS TO SEE IF IT PROTECTS THE SAND DUNES FROM EROSION WHEN DONE GO BACK AND DO THIS 3 MORE TIMES & RECORD ALL DATA SO YOU CAN HAVE 3 TRIALS SAND DUNE TRIALS SAND DUNE 1 THE DUNE COLLAPSED SAND DUNE 2 HALF OF IT COLLAPSED SAND DUNE 3 BOTH COLLAPSED AGREE OR DISAGREE? I AGREE THAT MAINTAINING AN ECOSYSTEMS NATURAL VEGETATION IS NECESSARY FOR PREVENTING EROSION BECAUSE IF YOU DONT TAKE CARE OF THE GRASS DUNES, EROSION WILL DAMAGE THE SAND DUNES. THE END