Learning Record Form For Research ONLY Name: Mind

The purpose of this form is to document your learning as you are researching.

What you should see is that learning is a process. Your goal should be to update this form on a daily basis as you work and find out additional information:

Include the information you have learned, with the main ideas summarized in your own words. If you cant summarize it in your own words, you havent learned it.
Include the dates so that you can monitor your learning process.
As you learn more, you should always have more questions. We should see continuous questions and answers as you seek to deepen your knowledge.

Knowledge Section: This section will be where you record what you know, as well as what you learn. At the end it should give us a picture of the learning that took
place during this project.

Things you know and things you learned: This section will be the first section you will fill out. Here you will list, summarized in your own words, every important
idea that you know so far. Later, as you learn more, you should add to this list. Choose a specific color for all the things that you know. Choose a different color
for all the things that you learn. This should be summarized in your own words.

Question Sections: Questions drive learning. Asking effective questions is the key to real learning. You should keep a careful record of all questions that come to your
mind. If the teacher comes to ask what you are doing, you should be able to show them the question that is driving your learning.

Things you know that you dont know: These should be questions that come from you. Having focused questions is an important part of doing efficient research.
If the teacher comes to ask you what you are doing, you should be able to show them the question you are focused on. As you learn new information, add it to the
things you know section in a different color.

Things you didnt know that you dont know: As you continue to research and learn, you will come across words or ideas that you have never heard of before.
This is a very valuable chance to learn. It will also lead you to have questions such as: what does this word mean? Who made this theory? How does this relate to
this? These questions will add even more opportunities for you to learn. As you learn the answers to these questions, add them to the things you learned list in a
third different color.
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What is some basic information about hamster?
What is some basic information about guinea pig?
How to train hamster?

Things you know and things you learned.

Basic information about hamster(13/4/17)
There are about 24 species of hamster. Its size can be vary from 5.5cm-15.3cm. Hamster as a pet usually eats fruit, nut and pea but in the wild it might eat
some small insect as well. It is a nocturnal animal. Hamster can mate very quickly and female have about 2-3 offspring per year. Hamster isnt a very kind
species because it can bite when someone wakes it up during day time and when it is scare. Hamster has bad eyesight but it can recognize the smell very
well so it uses smell to remember the way to get to its home. Hamster will rub its back to the surrounding and will follow the smell to go back to the nest.
The average life span of hamster is 2 years but it also can live up to 4 years. One of amazing fact about hamster is the teeth of hamster never stop growing
because its teeth always shorten by eating hard stuff like nut. So it needs to grow the teeth to replace the old one.

Basic information of guinea pig (13/4/17)

Guinea pig is about 8-11 inches long and its life span is about 8 years with a good care. It is herbivore and need about 30-50 mg of vitamin C every day because
guinea pig cannot synthesis vitamin C by itself. Guinea pig eats timothy hay and other vegetables. Chocolate, alcohol and caffeine is prohibit for guinea pig because it can
lead to serious illness. Dont feed guinea pig with lettuce because it can get diarrhea. The water need to be change every day and the food need to always be clean.
Guinea pig can be obese if it was fed too much. The food and vegetable that is place longer than 24 hours need to be discarded. The nest should not directly expose to
sunlight. Guinea pig need a room for exercise and large area to play. Guinea pig habitat is very clean so it rarely need to bath. Guinea pig fur must be brushed. Do not
keep adult guinea pig with other adult guinea pig unless they were raise together and never put guinea in the same room with other animals because guinea pig can get
serious injuries. Guinea pig does not like changing so the routine need to be almost the same. If we want to change, it need to be change slowly.

How to train hamster(13/4/17)

After move hamster into new place, you need to give 2-3 days for your hamster to explore the place and play by itself. You should not try to hold it on your
hand because this make it scare and bite you. Then, after few days, you can start by put the food on your hand and wait for it to come out and eat the food
on your hand. You need to be patient and wait for it. You can place the cage near people but not so close that the hamster cannot relax because the loud
voice. You should lay with it only when it is awake which normally is in the evening or at night. At first, you should hold your hamster about1-2 minutes and
when it get familiar with you, you can hold it longer.
Sources:
1.http://www.livescience.com/27169-hamsters.html
2.http://thehamsterhouse.com/hamster-info/hamster-facts/
3.https://www.bluecross.org.uk/pet-advice/caring-your-guinea-pig
4. http://www.petco.com/content/petco/PetcoStore/en_US/pet-services/resource-center/caresheets/guinea-pig.html
5. http://hamsteragility.com/?id=355
6. http://thehamsterhouse.com/hamster-info/hamster-behavior/how-to-train-your-hamster/
7. http://www.guineapigmanual.com/guinea-pig-behaviour/
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How to train guinea pig?
What is a good cage for hamster?
What is the size of the cage?

Things you know and things you learned.

Guinea pig is prey animal. It afraid off being pick up from the ground because it is same as when bird try to catch them from above. First time you get your
guinea pig, let it stay in the cage for 2-3 days so it get familiar with the cage and new environment. Inside the cage, you should provide the place to hide
such as a house or tube-like material. This place needs to have roof because normal predator of guinea pig came from above. Make your guinea pig get use
to our voice and your smell. When you stay near the cage talk to guinea pig and treat it with some food, it will associate your voice with food. This way is
the same process with what Ivan Pavlov did to the dog that will salivate when it hear the bell ring. Guinea pig always hungry so it will get familiar with you
easier if you give it some food every time you called it. Lettuce and bell pepper are some food that guinea pig loves to eat. In order to train guinea pig, you
need to spend lot of time with it and need a lot of patient to be successful. (22/4/17)

Hamster cage should have space for it to run around and some toy for it to play with. Remember that hamster can chew any soft thing so make sure that you cage is hard
enough and be able to keep it inside the cage.
1. Wire bar cage: the thing that you should make sure when you buying a wire bar cage is that the gap between a bars is not too big. If there is big space, hamster
can wriggle out of the cage. Also make sure that material use to make the cage is strong and safe if hamster chew it.
2. Aquarium: big glass box can also be use as hamster cage. It should be high to put some sunning wheel inside. Hamster cannot climb the glass so it is the best cage
to prevent hamster from running away.
3. Tube cage: This is the same as playground for hamster. The size of it should be the largest area that you can provide.
Size of the cage is about 15 inches long and 12 inches high for one hamster. It can be bigger but should not be smaller than this size.(22/4/17)

Sources:
1. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KRrEPZR5iVc
2. http://pethamstercare.com/cage-habitat/
3. http://pethamstercare.com/care-sheet/
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What will be inside the cage?
How often do we clean hamster cage?
What hamster eat?

Things you know and things you learned.

1. Water bottle: hamster drinks a little water each time so we need to provide water supplies all the time. We should have water bottle that stick to the cage for all
the time.
2. Food dish: hamster loves the food to be near his shelter. He usually transfer the food from the dish to his house so the food dish will get empty really soon.
3. Bedding and substrate: hamster likes to stay in the hole and dig so bedding will make hamster more comfortable. You cannot use clumping kitty litter or cedar
based shavings because it is harmful to hamster health which can lead to death of the hamster. If hamster eats clumping kitty litter, it will die because it obstructs
digestive tract of hamster. Aroma of cedar plant will interrupt respiratory system of hamster and make it uncomfortable.
4. Sleeping area: it can be a box that is big enough for hamster to turn around. It should be easy to clean
5. Toy: hamster like running wheel, tube, balls, and wooden box so it can exercise and feel happy
(26/4/17)
We should clean hamster cage once a week. We need to change new bedding and wash food dish, changing water, and anything that is smelly or dirty. We can wash it
with soap but we need to wash it all out because hamster is very sensitive to chemical. Before put everything back, we need to dry it first. while we are cleaning the cage,
put hamster in safe place or a cage that make sure that it will not running away.(27/4/17)

Hamster diet can be mixed grain or pellets. You need to introduce new type of fruit or vegetable slowly to hamster. If you just give it to them, hamster will get diarrhea
and upset stomach. Start introduce new kind of food by one small piece and another piece after 2 days. Doo like this until hamster get used to it then you will increase
the frequency of the food. Twice a day of fresh food is the maximum number that you should feed the hamster. Fresh food is fruit and vegetable. Make sure that there is
no pesticide left on fruit and vegetable by washing it by water before giving it to your hamster. We should not feed our hamster with human food because it is dangerous
for hamster to eat. When we ggive the hamster fruit, we need to peel it first because it can be a pesticide on the cover of the fruit. (1/5/17)

Sources:
1. http://pethamstercare.com/cage-habitat/
2. http://pethamstercare.com/care-sheet/
3. http://hamsterific.com/hamsterific-university/acceptable-hamster-food-list/
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What food that hamster cannot eat?

Things you know and things you learned.

1. Almond because it contains cyanic acids
2. Chocolate
3. Chips and junk food
4. Raw potatoes
5. Citrus fruit such as orange
6. Water melon because it contains high amount of water which can cause diarrhea
7. spice
8. garlic
9. onion
10. canned food
11. candy
12. Should not eat any seed of any fruit which mean that owner need to peel the fruits first.
13. Pork product

Hamster can eat cheese and meat such as cooked beef, turkey or fish. It also can eat cricket, mealworm, grasshopper, yogurt without sugar adding or plain tofu.
Fruits that hamster can eat are apple without seed, banana, mango ,lychee, cherry, blackberries, raspberries, melon and strawberry
Vegetables that hamster can eat are Asparagus, broccoli, cabbage, carrot, celery, chestnut, corn, green peas, cucumber, spinach, and sweet bell pepper
There are more things that hamster can eat but I list only the thing that can find in Thailand(1/5/17)

Sources:
http://hamsterific.com/hamsterific-university/acceptable-hamster-food-list/
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What illness that can happen with hamster?
What body language of hamster?

Things you know and things you learned.

Hamster should have a good care in order to avoid injury and illness. Some injury that may happen to hamster are
1. Broken bone: you should separate hamster in another cage without any wheel. Hamster should be supply more calcium. It should be all right after 2 weeks
2. Bites: hamster sometimes fight each other because hamster is a solidary animal. After get bite, clean the wound and put some peroxide on the wound. If it cause
injury, take the hamster to veterinarian.
3. Respiratory infection: abnormal breathing, weight loss, and loss of appetite
4. Gastrointestinal infection: diarrhea, dirty tail, sleepy, ruffle hair, dont eat or drink
5. Fungal infection: cause by dirty house and insufficient food
6. Heatstroke: hard breathing and laying down on it belly. Remove hamster from hot spot and cool it down by putting it in cool water. Dry it off and leave in away
from heat. This can occur if you are placing hamster near window, in the car, or in uncirculated room.
(2/5/17)
Hamster bodys language
1. Chewing the cage: hamster is bored and want to play
2. Eyes barely open: hamster feel sleepy and does not want anyone to interrupt
3. Grooming: cleaning itself after doing some activity
4. Squeaking: hamster doesnt like it and feel uncomfortable. You better put hamster back inside the cage
5. Biting the cage, running around the cage, overeating: hamster is stress and can be aggressive if we touch it now
Should not wake the hamster up during day time because it will get upset and bite you
Hamster will be active at evening until 8-9 p.m.
(4/5/17)

Sources:
https://www.petcha.com/identify-hamster-body-language-and-stress/
http://pethamstercare.com/health-illness/
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How many types of hamster and what are them?
How can hamster find food?

Things you know and things you learned.

There are 24 species of hamster but there are only 5 species that is a pet(3/5/17)
1. Syrian hamster: large hamster. The color is usually golden brown with white belly. It is the most abundance hamster as a pet
2. Campbells hamster: small hamster about 23 inches long. It has grey color with white belly. This hamster can live alone or in a group. It is hard to take care
because it is small
3. Winter white: Small hamster with black stripe at the back. This black stripe will be replace with white fur during winter
4. Roborovski: we use this hamster in our experiment because it runs faster than other species. It is hard to take care because it is quick and very curious.
5. Chinese: The color is dark grey and has longer tail than other hamster species. It love to live alone. This species is very cute and gentle.

Hamster has bad eye sight but it has very good sense of hearing and smell. It will follow the smell of food as a foraging technique. (3/5/17)

Sources:
http://pethamstercare.com/health-illness/
http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/print_project_1101_78
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Are there any other types of maze? What is Morris water maze?
What is radial arm maze?
What is animal can learn faster mice or hamster?

Things you know and things you learned.

Morris water maze is a type of maze use in spatial experiment on rat. There is a pool that have platform inside. Scientist will fill the water in the pool until it almost
reaches the platform level. Then scientist will release rat inside the pool and keep tracking the movement of rat. Rat will be able to see platform. Scientist expect the rat
to find the platform and stay on it. After rat reaching platform, scientist will pick it up and dry it. Then, scientist put more water inside the pool. Now the platform is under
the water. Scientist releases the rat into the pool again. Scientist keeps tracking the movement of the rat inside the pool. Rat can come back to the platform even though
the platform is under water. Scientist repeat this experiment many times. The result form this experiment can show that rat can remember the ways.
Radial arm maze is also the type of maze use in spatial experiment. The maze has 8 radial arms. Scientist will place the rat in the middle of the maze and record the
movement of the rat. (5/5/17)
These two mazes are very famous maze that many experiment use. The kind of maze that we use does not popular as these two mazes.
Mice can learn to run the maze faster than hamster according from the experiment. Both mice and hamster use less time to complete the maze in every trial which
reflect that both animals have ability to learn and remember useful information. (5/5/17)

Other types of mazes

1. T-maze trial

Sources:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leHLL4vcbCc
http://www.noldus.com/animal-behavior-research/solutions/research-small-lab-animals/radial-arm-maze-set
http://www.all-science-fair-projects.com/print_project_1101_78
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_mouse_trap/2011/11/rat_mazes_and_mouse_mazes_a_history_.html
http://animalab.eu/products/t-maze-systems
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Are there any other types of maze?

Things you know and things you learned.

Rotating maze for confusing bee, ant, and wasp

Hedge maze which is the maze that I use in this experiment

Sources:
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_mouse_trap/2011/11/rat_mazes_and_mouse_mazes_a_history_.html
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Are there any other types of maze?

Things you know and things you learned.

Dodecagon-maze

Circle- hedge maze

Sources:
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_mouse_trap/2011/11/rat_mazes_and_mouse_mazes_a_history_.html
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Are there any other types of maze?

Things you know and things you learned.

Elevated plus maze

Tridimensional Spatial Maze.

Sources:
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_mouse_trap/2011/11/rat_mazes_and_mouse_mazes_a_history_.html
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Are there any other types of maze?

Things you know and things you learned.

Open plus maze

Barnes Maze

Sources:
http://www.slate.com/articles/health_and_science/the_mouse_trap/2011/11/rat_mazes_and_mouse_mazes_a_history_.html
http://rndb.clps.brown.edu/task/modified-barnes-maze-test/
https://fhssbyu.com/2016/05/13/your-gut-might-make-you-anxious-says-research/