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Limiting Factors to Population Growth: Graphing Population Growth InteractiveLimiting Factors to Population Growth: Graphing Population Growth Interactive
Publisher
CK-12 Foundation
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Grade
7th - 8th
Subjects
Science
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Resource Type
Interactives
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Duration
10 mins
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Direct Instruction
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Video
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Year
2015
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Limiting Factors to Population Growth: Graphing Population Growth

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If any of the limiting factors in an environment change, both animal and plant populations also change. The video explains two different models of growth and the impact of limiting factors. It highlights the carrying capacity of an environment and why scientists present the information in graphs.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

limiting factors, population growth

Additional Tags

science

Instructional Ideas

  • Select a specific population and graph the associated growth numbers
  • Graph human population growth and discuss if it is logistic or exponential

Classroom Considerations

  • Users must have a free CK-12 account to access the interactive

Pros

  • Focuses on new vocabulary in both the video and interactive
  • Offers online questions to review the material covered in the video

Cons

  • None

Common Core

RST.6-8.4

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