8. Summarising and analysing the data
Once the quadrat scores are tabulated, research into each of the species is done. This enables your group to assess the state of your quadrat.
9. Design an enhancement plan using the scientific method
Try this test to find out the steps of the scientific method. From there you consider what can be done to improve the situation and what kinds of changes could be made. Make a list of recommendations about what should be done to your quadrat. List what assistance and equipment the group will need in order to do this. This is your group’s ‘enhancement plan’ for your quadrat.
The enhancement plan includes your group hypothesis of how to improve the quadrat. This is your prediction about what you think the results of an experiment will be when you put the question you picked to the test. Put simply, the hypothesis, based upon the research you did on the fauna, flora, fungi and soils of your quadrat could be "If _____[I do this] _____, then _____[this]_____ will happen." A hypothesis without a basis in research is just a guess.
10. Conduct a fair test
Then you test your hypothesis in an experiment. The experiment should be a fair test. You conduct one by making sure that you change only one factor at a time while keeping all other conditions the same. Conducting a fair test is one of the most important ingredients of doing good, scientifically valuable experiments.