Activities
- Change fertility rates, mortality rates, and more
in this simuluation of "U.S. Population Demographics."
- Read the "Population Growth Rate" and do the exercises at the end with answers.
- Have students run the "International Population Module"
(IntlPop) applet or download the IntlPop
program and have students complete this worksheet
 .
I used a projector and had students do the exercise as a
class. The module allows you to compare various parameters
for populations in different parts of the world.
- This "Interpreting Data" worksheet has
several population related activities.
- Do this "Population Biology" crossword puzzle.
- Have students do Glencoe's
"Population Dynamics"
 and "Human Population Growth" workwheets.
- Try this "Random Sampling" activity.
- Or do Glencoe's "Population Biology" matching game.
- Have students do the "Population Biology" wordsearch puzzle with
answers .
- In this "Connecting Population Growth and Evolution"
activity, students simulate population growth with kernals of corn,
beans, wooden markers, or plastic beads in paper cups or beakers and
graph their results.
- Introduce the "Populations"
vocabulary with another of Sue Hinojoza's concept maps.
- "Oh
Deer!"
 is a game designed to help
students
understand the importance of suitable habitat for animal populations
and recognize factors that may affect wildlife populations in changing
ecosystems. It was designed by Vanderbilt
Student
Volunteers for Science.
 Try this "PopCycle"
simulation. It includes a tutorial and worksheet.
Labs
- This "Estimating Population Size" lab
includes teacher instructions.
- Or do this "Determining the Size of an Animal
Population" lab.
- Try this "Population Dynamics of Duckweed" lab
for a long term project.
- This "Mark-Recapture Laboratory" simulates
a population census technique commonly used by wildlife biologists in
the field.
- "The Lesson of the Kaibab" lab
demonstrates how environmental changes affect the carrying capacity of
an ecosystem.
- The lab in this Teacher's Domain
lesson (You must register for free to access) could be started while
studying "Population Growth," The lab involves
growing duckweed over a 2 or 3 week period, but students also compare
it's growth to that of other invasive species shown in the included
videos. This segment could be used while studying the
diversity of life.
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