Unit 4 

Population Ecology

Chapters 9 & 10

Unit 4 Due Dates

Test December 6 (worth 35 points)

Unit 4 Review (Due December 6)

APES Population Calculations & Graphing Practice  (Complete and turn in with the review, will help with FRQs)

Answers to Graphing Practice: Birth & Death Rate Graph

Test: 15 MC and 2 FRQs

FRQ Topics

1. Population graph: plot points, determine growth rate and birth rate. Identify factors that impact birth rate and death rate in demographic transitions. Use the rule of 70 to determine population size.

2. Interpret age-structure diagrams similar to those found on pages 184-185 in APES textbook

Power Points

Chapter 9: Population Ecology

Chapter 10: Human Population Growth

Readings

The Earth Has 100 People

300 Million & Counting

Human's Ecological Debt

Humanity Now Demanding 1.5 Earths

Human Population Growth & Related Information (interesting website)

www.worldmapper.org (website with relative population numbers, another interesting site)

Global Women's Issues

Poverty

Activities & Labs

Contribute to a Better World

Web Videos

http://www.miniature-earth.com/  (Based on Meadows, Village of 100 People)

http://www.mediathatmattersfest.org/watch/5/world_on_fire (World on Fire)

http://www.truemajority.org/bensbbs/ (Nuclear Weapons Analogy)

Optional

World in the Balance (video reflection)

Computer Simulation-Isle Royale

Environmental Protection Activity

Impacts of World Wealth Distribution Questions