TOPIC III: ECOLOGY - Populations in an Ecosystem ESSENTIAL CONTENT OBJECTIVES INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS Population Dynamics and Graphs (17.5) Utilize data and information about population dynamics, Chapter 5 Core Text Book: Type of Growth abiotic factors, and/or biotic factors to explain and/or Exponential growth analyze a change in carrying capacity and its effect on Vocabulary: Logistic growth population size in an ecosystem. age structure, carrying capacity, competition, density, Factors Affecting Growth Compare the different types of growth in a species emigration, exponential growth, immigration, limiting Birth rates and death rates population. factor, logistic growth, organism, population, predation Immigration and emigration Synthesize an original example of carrying capacity in an Human population ecosystem. Age Population pyramids Investigate how natural disasters have affected Technology: Patterns of growth population and life in Florida. Data Analysis: Explain that science is one of the processes that can be InterActive Art: Carrying Capacity (17.5) used to inform decision making at the community, state, Art Review: national, and international levels. Limiting Factors (17.5) Identify limiting factors and other population HippoCampus Biology: Density-Dependent dynamics. (ALD) HippoCampus Biology: Predation Describe and investigate various limiting factors in the HippoCampus Biology: Competition local ecosystem and their impact on native populations, HippoCampus Biology: Human Activity including food, shelter, water, space, disease, HippoCampus Biology: Density-Independent (17.4, 17.8) parasitism, predation, and nesting sites. Bozeman Podcast: Seasonal Variations Explain how political, social, and economic concerns can Bozeman Podcast: Catastrophic Events affect science, and vice versa. Bozeman Podcast: Natural Disasters Bozeman Podcast: Bozeman Podcast: SC.912.L.17.5 Standard: Video SC.912.N.1.4
TOPIC III: ECOLOGY - Populations in an Ecosystem ESSENTIAL CONTENT OBJECTIVES INSTRUCTIONAL TOOLS Population Dynamics and Graphs (17.5) Type of Growth Exponential growth Logistic growth Factors Affecting Growth Birth rates and death rates Immigration and emigration Human population Age Population pyramids Patterns of growth Carrying Capacity (17.5) Limiting Factors (17.5) Density-Dependent Predation Competition Human Activity Density-Independent (17.4, 17.8) Seasonal Variations Catastrophic Events Natural Disasters Utilize data and information about population dynamics, abiotic factors, and/or biotic factors to explain and/or analyze a change in carrying capacity and its effect on population size in an ecosystem. Compare the different types of growth in a species population. Synthesize an original example of carrying capacity in an ecosystem. Investigate how natural disasters have affected population and life in Florida. Explain that science is one of the processes that can be used to inform decision making at the community, state, national, and international levels. Identify limiting factors and other population dynamics. (ALD) Describe and investigate various limiting factors in the local ecosystem and their impact on native populations, including food, shelter, water, space, disease, parasitism, predation, and nesting sites. Explain how political, social, and economic concerns can affect science, and vice versa. Core Text Book: Chapter 5 Vocabulary: age structure, carrying capacity, competition, density, emigration, exponential growth, immigration, limiting factor, logistic growth, organism, population, predation Technology: Data Analysis: InterActive Art: Art Review: HippoCampus Biology: HippoCampus Biology: HippoCampus Biology: HippoCampus Biology: HippoCampus Biology: Bozeman Podcast: Bozeman Podcast: Bozeman Podcast: Bozeman Podcast: Bozeman Podcast: SC.912.L.17.5 Standard: SC.912.N.1.4 Video
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