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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: It's Crowded in Here! A Study of Plant Population Density

For Students 3rd - 5th
Like humans, plants can be negatively affected by overcrowding. Unlike humans, plants cannot get up and move to a new environment or explore how to utilize new resources. This experiment will explore the effects of crowding (population...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Population Size, Density, and Distribution

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will identify and understand the significance of size, density and distribution in the population of organisms.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Limiting Factors to Population Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize limiting factors to the population growth and understand how the factors influence the growth in poplution.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Population Growth Patterns

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Check out the patterns of population growth and recognize the exponential and logistic growth similarities and differences.
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University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Immunology: Hiv Simulation: Simulating the Spread of Hiv

For Students 9th - 10th
This web-based simulation demonstrates potential spread of HIV through a population. Each participant exchanges virtual body fluids with other participants, some of whom are HIV positive. A computer-simulated ELISA will illustrate the...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Population Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how rates of birth, death, immigration, and emigration affect population growth.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Population Size, Density, and Distribution

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of population size, density, and distribution.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Population Growth Patterns

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers different patterns of population growth.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Human Population Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for a unit on the growth of the human population.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Population Study Guide

For Students 4th - 9th
Learn about the components of a wildlife population, and see the effects of growth.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Recent and Future Population Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses recent human population growth and predictions of future population growth.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Population Structure

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how population pyramids and survivorship curves relate to population structure.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Human Population

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of early human population growth.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Biological Communities Study Guide

For Students 6th - 9th
Review the relationship between populations and ecosystems.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Human Population

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How quickly is the human population growing? If we look at worldwide human population growth from 10,000 BCE through to today, our growth looks like exponential...
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Ohio State University

General Plant Biology: Plant Evolution

For Students 9th - 10th
This is a solid review of basic principles of population genetics with an emphasis on plants. Use this to complement your units on evolution and plant biology. Take the quiz to check your understanding.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Adaptation and Evolution of Populations

For Students 9th - 10th
Overview of the basic concepts behind evolution, such as gene variation and adaptations.[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.]
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe Biology: Population Dynamics: Self Check Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
Take this five-question, self-checking quiz on population dynamics in ecology.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Biological Models With Differential Equations

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this activity, students explore several models representing the growth (or decline) of a biological population. They study models of a single population that have a closed-form solution, and models of several interacting populations...
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Alabama Learning Exchange

Alex: Something's Fishy: A Lesson in Biological Sampling

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Determining the population in a larger area by tagging. By using proper scientific method and careful sampling procedures, students learn how biologists work in the field to collect data about a population. Students will also calculate...
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Other

Woodrow Wilson Leadership Program in Biology: Populations to Molecules

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A large collection of lesson and labs developed by high school biology teachers. Lesson plans cover the topics of Drosophila, population genetics, gene, molecular genetics, chromosomes, genetic disease, genetic counseling, and bioethics....
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University of Arizona

The Biology Project: Genetic Drift: An Explanation

For Students 9th - 10th
This explanation of genetic drift is straightforward and easy to understand. Illustrations are provided to help visual learners
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating the Ecology of Goldenrod Galls Through Biological Sampling

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this biology field lab exercise, students conduct a stationary population study of goldenrod galls. They examine a host of factors including goldenrod plant density, goldenrod gall density, gall height, gall mass, larval exit hole...
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Other

Jama: Anthrax as a Biological Weapon

For Students 9th - 10th
JAMA, the journal of the American Medical Association, provides detailed recommendations for measures to be taken by medical and public health professionals following the use of anthrax as a biological weapon against a civilian...

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