MATERIALS
LISTS FOR STUDENT INVESTIGATIONS
8.
POPULATION
GROWTH
PG,
chapter
1,
page
5,
Population
Growth
behavior
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materials
PG,
chapter
1,
page
7,
Alien
invaders
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materials
PG,
chapter
1,
page
8, Making
graphic
representations
of
population
behavior
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materials
PG,
chapter
1,
page
9,
Human
thermostat
- container
of
hot
water
- container
of
cold
water
- container
of
room
temperature
water
- thermometer.
- graph
paper
and
pencil
PG,
chapter
2,
page
14,
How
many
is a
billion?
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materials
PG,
chapter
2,
page
14,
Bacterial
Growth
and
Populations
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materials
PG,
chapter
2,
page
15,
What
do
you
mean?
It's
only
a
drop
in
the
bucket!
- An
empty
bucket
- a
number
of
different sizes
of
droppers
and
beakers
- a
water
supply
PG,
chapter
2,
page
16,
Adding
Armadillos
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materials
PG,
chapter
2,
page
18,
Grasshopper
mark
and
recapture
- 2
insect
sweep
nets
- Paint
or
nail
polish
- Paper
and
pencil
- 1
large
sheet
- 4
flags
or
stakes to
mark
sampling
plot
- 1
large
plastic
container with
lid
- 1
metric
tape
measure (Or
pace
off
the
area)
- Field
guide
to
insects
PG,
chapter
3,
page
21, Moldy
bread
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materials
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PG,
chapter
3,
page
22, Verhulst's
population
equation
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materials
PG,
chapter
3,
page
24,
Playing
with
the
population
equation
-no
materials
PG,
chapter
3,
page
25,
Optimum
number
of
offspring
-no
materials
PG,
chapter
3,
page
26,
Advantages
and
disadvantages
of
sexual
reproduction
-no
materials
PG,
chapter
3,
page
28,
Research
on
the
internet
-no
materials
PG,
chapter
3,
page
30,
Earlobes:
a
study
of
human
gene frequencies
-no
materials
PG,
chapter
3,
page
32,
Dunkers
blood
types
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materials
PG,
chapter
3,
page
32,
Health
care
and
population
growth
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materials
PG,
chapter
4,
page
45,
Doubling
time
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materials
PG,
chapter
4,
page
45,
Too
many
people?
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materials
PG,
chapter
4,
page
47,
Population
Growth
in
the
United
states
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materials
PG,
chapter
5,
page
57,
How
much
land
does
it
take
-no
materials
PG,
chapter
5,
page
70,
The
cost
of
an
afternoon's
entertainment
-no
materials
PG,
chapter
7,
page
80,
Has
china
realized
its
goals?
-no
materials
PG,
chapter
7,
page
86,
Population
control
-
cultural
comparisons
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materials
PG,
chapter
7,
page
89,
Difficult
questions
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materials
PG,
chapter
8,
page
97,
The
quality
of
your
life
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materials
PG,
chapter
8,
page
100,
The
road
not
taken
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materials
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2. Climate Change
3. Life and Climate
4. Ozone
5. Losing Biodiversity
6. Energy Flow
7. Ecosystem
Change
8. Population
Growth
9. Energy
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