This laboratory exercise is designed to give high school students experience in using the scientific method. Students design & conduct their own research studies on the behavior of Siamese Fighting Fish (Betta splendens) in classroom aquaria. Included in the laboratory materials is a "Study Proposal Form" that students use to structure their research designs.Download my adaptation of the lab.

Adapted from a lab performed at Cornell Institute for Biology Teachers. The original was written by Walter Peck & Ron Walker. Download the original CIBT lab.