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Over the Hill - Aging on a Normal Curve

For Teachers 11th - 12th Standards
Nobody is too old to learn something new. Young statisticians analyze census data on the percentage of the population older than 65 years old in US counties. They fit a normal distribution to the data, determine the mean and standard...
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Exponential Models

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Learners fit a continuous change exponential model to U.S. population data and use the model to predict future population.
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The Nifty Fifty-What's Your Size?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore state populations. In this state geography lesson, students use a variety of technology tools to research and graph population and area of assigned states.
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Where Do I Live?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Students gain a better understanding of the population of the region they live in by comparing U.S. census data on the internet.
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Annual Wetland Plant Diversity Survey

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students locate an area of marsh and, by measuring the total number of individual plants in a sample area, determine whether purple loosestrife population density is correlated to the total plant diversity of the community. They...
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Beetle Collection and Release

For Teachers 5th - 7th
Young scholars investigate plants and compare them to the purple loose strife. As they observe the plants they predict possible impacts on plant populations based on their observations. They work in groups and present their findings to...
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Modeling a Gene Pool

For Students 9th - 12th
In this genetic activity, students examine how gene frequency changes in a population of organisms. After completing 5 pre-lab questions, they work in pairs to collect data and answer 5 additional post-lab questions.
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Population Trends

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars explore, examine and study the differences and similarities in the average ages of the populations of two countries in the EU. They interpret tables, draw and interpret diagrams and assess interpretations of a statistical...
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Population Limits

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers gather information on China's government controlled population limit policy, discuss the policy with their peers, mathematically model different policies, and decide as a class on the best policy.
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Lesson Plan C22: Government and Population

For Teachers 7th - 10th
Students discuss basic structure of National Government in United Kingdom, explore electoral system of individual countries and European Union, and complete Government and Population worksheet to practice rounding, and calculating mean...
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Populism and Segregation

For Students 7th - 12th
For this U.S. history worksheet, students read articles about Populism and segregation. Students then respond to 15 short answer questions.  
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Population: Logistically Speaking

For Teachers Higher Ed
In this population worksheet, students read word problems relating to population growth. They write the problem as a differential equation, create models and graphs of the solution. This three-page worksheet contains 10 multi-step...
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Deer Population

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders study deer including their reproduction rate and management in Pennsylvania.  In this deer overpopulation instructional activity students estimate deer population and suggest management tools. 
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Bird Populations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students gather data about bird populations. They study bird migratory patterns using the methods that researchers use. They write an essay explaining the differences between the four types of population movements.
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Zebra Mussel Population Simulation

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students are taught how to format and enter data into an Excel spreadsheet. They make a graph, and interpret graphed data. Students discuss the possible impacts of zebra mussels on the Hudson river. They graph zebra mussel data.
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Connecting Cartography to Society

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Older high schoolers use maps to study changes in society like migration, population loss, and economic shifts, and then connect events from historical events to present day mapping of their region (The resource focuses on Canada, but...
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Bacteria Populations

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your young microbiologists will interpret and solve exponential equations in this real-world context task set in a hospital research scenario. Learners think in terms of the functions as well as their rates of change. 
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Animal Populations

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Assume all you know is that the variable Q represents a value that is bigger than the value represented by the variable P. Which is larger P + Q or 2P? The problems in this activity get more complex than...
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US Population 1982-1988

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Your algebra learners make predictions using the concepts of a linear model from real-life data given in table form. Learners analyze and discuss solutions without having to write a linear equation.
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Measuring Evolution of Populations

For Teachers 9th - 12th
The Hardy-Weinberg principle is the focus of this concise slideshow.  Some vocabulary definitions are given on the first 2 slides, and the rest are given over to examples of the Hardy-Weinberg theorem. Calculations of the H-W...
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Genes within Populations

For Students 11th - Higher Ed
Finally, here is a genetics worksheet that does not include Punnett squares! Designed for a more advanced class, biology learners will compare Lamarck's concept of evolution with Darwin's. They will explore the Hardy-Weinberg equilibrium...
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Modeling an Invasive Species Population

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Context makes everything better! Groups use real data to create models and make predictions. Classmates compare an exponential model to a linear model, then consider the real-life implications. 
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Prairie Populations

For Teachers 11th
Eleventh graders practice the Quadrat Survey Technique to analyze the biodiversity of a local plant community. They compare its biodiversity with the documented changes in biodiversity of the tallgrass prairie over time.
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AP: Chapter 54: Ecosystems

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
A lot of learning is packed into these 23 questions about ecosystems. Advanced biology classes apply their knowledge of communities, productivity, biogeochemical cycles, and human impact on the environment by writing short answers for...

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