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- 9th - 12th
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Students describe the basic concepts of population demography. They collect a wide range of data from an online cemetery database including a variety of places across the U.S. They analyze factors that may have affected human demography over time. Full Review »
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- 9th - 10th
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Students examine and describe population growth in certain areas and identify the factors responsible for it. They practice calculating exponential growth using math formulas. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discover how organisms are dependent on one another for survivial. They also discuss how to conserve natural resources. They compare and contrast the different types of symbiotic relationships as well. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students discuss the importance of population growth rates. They examine mortality and survival curves and participate in an experiment. They record their observations and discuss. Full Review »
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- 9th
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Students are introduced to the concept of population. In groups, they research the problems associated with overpopulation and underpopulation. They practice calculating birth and death rates and discus how they can be used to describe a country. To end the lesson, they focus on the role of women in population and how to voluntarly and involuntary control population. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students compare and contrast the diversity of species in natural and human populated ecosystems. In groups, they describe the relationship between the species and humans in the same ecosystem and share their observations with the class. They discuss what can be done to lower the effect of human involvement in these ecosystems. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students identify ecological elements and their factors on species, populations and food webs. They analyze ecosystems for these elements and research how these factors influence species survival rate. Predictions on conditions over time and change are documented. Full Review »
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- 6th - 12th
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Students role play the member of a Health Department taskforce. In groups, they develop their own recommendations to control the rodent problem in the area. They email their local government official and research information about the problem of animal population control. Full Review »
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- 6th - 7th
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Students explore the principles of Ecology. They observe, quantify, and analyze population growth in several cultures of the single-celled protist Paramecium. Students design an experiment that establishes a relationship between Paramecium and its predator, Didinium, another unicellular protist. They compare these findings to population growth in several cultures of Paramecium without the presence of Didinium. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students locate the areas of human settlement in Connecticut before, during, and after European settlement. They explain why humans settled in the areas they did and predict what human population density will look like in Connecticut in the future. Full Review »
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