Some scientists believe the earth is already over its carrying capacity for humans. The video explains what a carrying capacity is and the limiting factors to consider. It also teaches how to calculate growth rate, interpreting growth diagrams, understanding survivorship curves, and deciphering population pyramids. 

Concepts

population growth, growth rate, exponential growth, population data, population trends

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Come up with other examples of living things that follow all three types of survivorship curves
• Go into more detail on carrying capacity as it is just touched on in the video

Classroom Considerations

• Relies on prior knowledge of exponential growth and interpreting graphs

• This video is hosted on YouTube

Pros

• Clear diagrams and graphs support the topics
• Includes tips for remembering terms

Cons

• None

Common Core

RST.9-10.4 RST.11-12.4