The demographics of mortality
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A lesson plan for Grades 9–12 Biology and AP Biology
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- Appropriate grades
- 9–12
- Subjects
- science (biology and life science), thinking skills (information literacy)
- Provider
- American Association for the Advancement of Science
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The purpose of this lesson is to use the Internet to explore population distribution and survivorship curves. By the time students enter high school, they should be able to locate information in reference books, computer databases and other sources. In this activity, students utilize these research skills to explore some of the factors that can affect the size and rate of growth of human populations.
North Carolina Curriculum Alignment
Science (2005)
Grades 9–12 — Advanced Placement Biology
- Goal 7: The learner will develop an understanding of basic ecological principles.
- Objective 7.01: Analyze population dynamics.
- Examine models to describe growth.
- Explore affects of abiotic and biotic factors.
- Analyze the impact of population changes.
- Objective 7.03: Assess current global issues.
- Analyze affects of human population.
- Analyze affects of technology.
- Examine causes.
- Assess consequences.
- Objective 7.01: Analyze population dynamics.
Grades 9–12 — Biology
- Goal 1: The learner will develop abilities necessary to do and understand scientific inquiry.
- Objective 1.03: Formulate and revise scientific explanations and models of biological phenomena using logic and evidence to:
- Explain observations.
- Make inferences and predictions.
- Explain the relationship between evidence and explanation.
- Objective 1.03: Formulate and revise scientific explanations and models of biological phenomena using logic and evidence to:
- Goal 5: The learner will develop an understanding of the ecological relationships among organisms.
- Objective 5.03: Assess human population and its impact on local ecosystems and global environments:
- Historic and potential changes in population.
- Factors associated with those changes.
- Climate change.
- Resource use.
- Sustainable practices/stewardship.
- Objective 5.03: Assess human population and its impact on local ecosystems and global environments:
