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Fish Now or Later

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students describe the effects of over-harvest on a salmon population. They explain the importance of salmon to many communities in Alaska. They manage harvest levels to maintain a sustainable population.
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Fisheries Research Methods

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students explore how scientists keep track of fish populations and why it is important to do so. They describe three methods currently used to sample fish populations. They participate in activities to simulate several of the sampling...
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Aboriginal Peoples

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine data from the 2001 Census on the Aboriginal population. They cover the topics of distribution of the Aboriginal population across the country, the three Aboriginal groups, age, and language. Students build interpretive...
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Benthic Macroinvertebrates

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students survey and describe a stream ecosystem. They sample the benthic macroinvertebrate populations of a given stream and determine community structure through the use of the Chandler Index and a species diversity index.
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Plagued by Poverty

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Learners investigate the nature, causes and statistics of diseases in lesser-developed countries and explore ways in which disease impacts the global population. They write a speech regarding disease in their country and how to prevent it.
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Fisheries Monitoring

For Teachers 7th - 11th
Students discuss why monitoring fish populations is important. They develop a multi-year fisheries management plan and budget.
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Smog City - Part I

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students apply an interactive smog visualization application, Smog City to see how ozone levels are related to population levels and emissions. They study associated vocabulary and complete a worksheet.
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Data Analysis Worksheet

For Students 11th
In this probability activity, 11th graders solve problems using simple random sample, cluster sample, bias, population and systematic sample. They match the questions to its definition.
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Peter Rabbit Meets Charles Darwin

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students start to think of evolution in terms of populations. The class follows a cartoon scenario of a rabbit population in which there is selection and change of gene frequency. They receive copies of the scenario or the whole thing...
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Home Away from Home

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students explore ways that diverse populations impact cities by investigating local immigrant populations. They, in small groups, create 'immigration profiles' of the nationalities of immigrants reflected in their community's or city's...
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How Many Penguins Does It Take? Studying Carrying Capacity and Limiting Factors

For Teachers 4th - 12th
How does a population's habitat determine the size of that population? Teach learners about carrying capacity and limiting factors with an engaging roleplay activity. Class members pose as a colony of penguins who must gather food amidst...
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Aboriginal Statistics

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders analyze statistics of Native Americans by creating graphs.  In this data analysis lesson, 4th graders define different statistical terms and practice finding those statistics from groups of numerical information about...
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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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Cities

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars examine U.S. Census figures. In this urban centers lesson, students compare city populations across the span of 50 years. Young scholars create line graphs based on the data.
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How Many Birds Would It Take To Keep A Jackal Alive?

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the role of large families in some animal populations. They work together to complete an activity related to food supply. They discover the relationship between preys and predators.
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Then and Now

For Teachers K - 2nd
Students explore population and come to understand how it changes over time. In this census instructional activity, students discover what population is and how it changes as they participate in age-appropriate activities.
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Projections and the Census

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students learn why the census makes a difference. In this U.S. Census lesson plan, students connect data and history in their study of previous population booms and analyze census data in order to make predictions about the future.
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The Changing Coral Reef

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students record changes in the composition of a coral reef.  In this Coral Reef lesson, students recognize the needs of Coral Reef species to survive.  Students chart changes in population over time. Students write an essay...
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Religion in Japan Elderly in Japanese Society

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students study changes in age demographics of Japanese society and the impact that these changes are having on the economy, health care, family structure and workforce. They identify and predict what future changes occur as a...
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Bacterial growth

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students explore the exponential growth and decay of microbial populations in relation to the organism tolerance ranges in their environment, They observe the impact of changing variables which can affect microbial populations.
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Prairie Restoration and Prairie Ecology

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students collect data as they identify and classify native prairie plants and insects. They create their own population study using a variety of sampling techniques to determine the population density of various species. Students...
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Island Biogeography and Evolution

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Learners use this activity as a logic problem that is based on real organisms and real data. The problem is to develop phylogenies for seven related populations of lizards living on the Canary Islands. Three phylogenetic charts are...
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Island Biogeography and Evolution: Solving a Phylogenetic Puzzle With Molecular Genetics

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students engage in solving a logic problem based on real organisms and real data. They develop phylogenies for seven related populations of lizards living on the Canary Islands.
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Energy Divide

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders, after viewing a video on "The Future" Fossil Fuel grade, participate in an energy consumption simulation game in order to analyze how consumption, population, and choice of resource affect the availability of future...

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