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In this populations activity, students learn the basics of population ecology, carrying capacity, and limiting factors and then complete a corresponding worksheet.
Terms Included:
- Population
- Abiotic and biotic factors
- Birth rate and death rate
- Immigration and emigration
- Limiting factors
- Carrying capacity
In this activity, students will:
- VIEW INTRODUCTORY NOTES on populations as they fill in blanks on a Cloze worksheet. The presentation is provided in both PPT and Google Slides.
- READ AN INTRODUCTORY TEXT about populations and how they can change.
- ANSWER TEXT-DEPENDENT QUESTIONS as well as questions where students will have to apply their new knowledge.
Teacher Notes:
- INCLUDES ANSWER KEY.
- A link to access the Google Slides version of the reading is included in the downloadable PDF. A link to access the Google Slides version of the presentation is on the first slide of the PPT.
- Please note: this resource is not editable.
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Related Standards:
- NGSS MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
- NGSS MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.
