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Pet overpopulation-Dogs and Cats Can't Add or Subtract, But They Sure Can Multiply

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Students explore pet overpopulation.  In this character development lesson, students solve math story problems to determine how many kittens can be produced by one unspayed cat. Students discuss the consequences of pet overpopulation and...
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Animal Overpopulation Sheet

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Do your youngsters love puppies? A math worksheet about a dog having puppies promotes mathematical thinking. Once the puppies begin having puppies of their own, learners must calculate how many dogs there are all together. An inviting...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Life

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
How does life evolve? The interactive provides a simulation based on the Game of Life invented by mathematician John Conway. Users can run the applet with the preset rules and settings or adjust them to view whether overpopulation or...
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Shodor Education Foundation

Rabbits and Wolves

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
A change in a parameter can end in overpopulation. The resources gives pupils the opportunity to control the parameters of rabbits and wolves in a natural setting. Using the set parameters, the simulation runs and displays the population...
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Populations Lab - Exponential Graphing

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders investigate the application of populations that exists in one's everyday environment, in order to develop an understanding of how mathematics is a key component in the understanding of population dynamics.
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Pet Overpopulation: Spay or Neuter Song

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students explore the importance of spaying animals through a song.  In this spaying and neutering lesson plan, students calculate how animal numbers get larger quickly.  Students recognize the importance of taking good care of home pets.
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The Ancient Maya

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students explore the culture of the Mayans through a variety of activities. In this lesson plan about Maya, students analyze pictures in books and on websites, produce scale models of Maya architecture, and create Maya mosaics. Students...
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Carrying Capacity of Ecosystems

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students define population and carrying. In this algebra lesson, students explore exponential growth and decay based on animals and things that grow or decrease exponentially. They graph their findings and discuss their results as they...
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Geometric Designs in the Game of "Life"

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students play a game to discover simple patterns. In this geometric designs lesson, students use a game board and counters to represent survivals, deaths, and births. They explore simple patterns for several generations.
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Wildlife Sampling-Capture-Recapture

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders simulate the capture-recapture method of population sampling using beans. For this biology lesson, 7th graders calculate the total population of beans in the bowl. They assess whether this method is reliable or not.

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