Unit 3: Population Dynamics, Chapter 4
Essential Questions:
1. How are population sizes influenced and controlled within natural ecosystems?
2. What consequences do invasive species have on the native species in the Great Lakes ecosystem?
3. Has the earth’s human population reached carrying capacity?
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Learning Targets:
- I can distinguish between density dependent, and density independent limiting factors that act on population densities.
- I can graph and interpret data on populations and describe the trends they show such as exponential growth, leveling off, and carrying capacity.
- I can predict the influence of invasive organisms on the survival of populations of native organisms.
- I can describe and explain how the earth’s human population is growing and predict whether or not the population has reached a carrying capacity.
- I can define and use the following vocabulary: Species, population, limiting factors, density dependent factors, density independent factors, (list all for each) exponential growth, carrying capacity, life history pattern
Monday, November 9____________
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Tuesday, November 10__________
Comparing Human and Bacterial Populations
Learning Targets
4. I can describe and explain how the earth’s human population is growing and predict whether or not the population has reached a carrying capacity.
2. I can graph and interpret data on populations and describe the trends they show such as exponential growth, leveling off, and carrying capacity.
- The instructions for today can also be found on Schoology.
- Please Open this link, entitled A Comparison Between Bacterial and Human Populations and make yourself a copy.
- Complete the assignment and turn in on Schoology. (Due date will be the end of class Monday)
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LT 4 - I can describe and explain how the earth’s human population is growing and predict whether or not the population has reached a carrying capacity.
Agenda:
LT 4 - I can describe and explain how the earth’s human population is growing and predict whether or not the population has reached a carrying capacity.
Agenda:
- Have Humans Reached Carry Capacity? At the bottom of your human and bacterial populations assignment, type this question and record your thoughts - What would that look like? How would you know? Record your thoughts and your reasons.
- Watch A) How did We Get Here so Fast? B) Future World Populations
- Class discussion A) Are we at or nearing carrying capacity? B) What limiting factors would you predict might eventually slow human population growth and why? C) What changes could the human population make that might increase our carrying capacity?
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- I can explain and distinguish between density dependent, density independent, abiotic an biotic factors that act on population densities.
- I can graph and interpret data on populations and describe the trends they show such as exponential growth, leveling off, and carrying capacity.
- We will be dividing the class into 2 groups today.
- Please open this link to a scaffold/reading guide for Chapter 4. If you are not in the lab, begin with this reading guide.
- Please open this link on predator prey relationships. If you are in the lab, begin here. Submit your finished work into Schoology.
- When you complete one task, you will switch roles with another group and complete the other..
TBD
- Switch roles today if you have not yet done so, and complete both the investigation and the Reading Guide.
- Class Discussion of results.
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Populations Test over LT 1-5 and essential questions at the top of this page.
Discussion Points
LT = 3. Has the earth’s human population reached carrying capacity?
Agenda:
LT = 3. Has the earth’s human population reached carrying capacity?
Agenda:
- Discuss Assignment - Human vs. Bacterial Populations.
- Have we reached Carry Capacity?
- Please open this assignment. Have we reached Carry Capacity? What would that look like? How would you know? Conduct some research today and lets see what other experts have to say.
- Try to complete this assignment today. If it is not completed, it should be finished as homework for tomorrow.
Human Populations
EQ 3. Has the earth’s human population reached carrying capacity? LT - 4 I can describe and explain how the earth’s human population is growing and predict whether or not the population has reached a carrying capacity. Agenda:
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