Science Buddies
Science Buddies: Project Ideas: Crystal Ball Math: Predicting Population Growth
In this environmental science fair project, students will learn some of the ways in which the population growth of animals is modeled, and then use the logistic model to determine how a population grows when it starts far below, at, or...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F if Logistic Growth Model, Explicit Version
For this task, students are presented with a graph showing the growth of the U.S. population from 1790 to 1940 and are given the equation for a logistic function for it. They are asked to use the equation and the graph to find the...