My First VERY Hard Writing Assignment

This is for mushrooms, mold, and society. although today i leared that mold has no real scientific meaning, its just what we call fungus with no obvious fruiting body.
anyway.. here is the assignment, i think its gonna take me days...

First assignment
Due 10/11/06
Approximate length one page, double-spaced

After winning the lottery you decide to buy a nice house in the forest and spend your days taking long walks and thinking about the nature and purpose of life. In your wanderings you have an opportunity to observe many things. Give an example of one or more observations you might make that would allow you to develop a hypothesis. State the hypothesis in a form you consider to be testable. Then describe at least one simple experiment you could undertake to test your hypothesis. The level of detail can be similar to the experiment I described in class involving the squirrel and the mushroom. Be sure to include all the essential elements of a good experiment, as covered in class. Describe how you would use the results of your experiment to assess the validity of your hypothesis. Lastly, indicate whether or not the results would be applicable to the natural world in a general way or if they would be limited to the specific circumstances associated with your experiment.