Textbook Reading:
Chapter 6: Human Population and Its Impact
Chapter 22: Urbanization and Sustainability
Click for the Unit 5 Activity Sheet.
Click for the U.S. Census Bureau world and United States population clocks.
Click to view the "World Population" video.
Click for the NPR video "7 Billion: How Did We Get So Big So Fast?"
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Factors Affecting Human Population Size.
Click to view the video "World Population by the Billion."
Click for the wall poster "A Quick Trip to 7 Billion" for the activity "A Report Card for the Planet."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Population Age Structure.
Click to watch the Miniature World Project video "Mad World."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Influencing Population Size.
Click for the video "Measuring Up – Population Data and Women’s Empowerment."
Click for "The Girl Effect" video and "The Girl Effect: The Clock is Ticking" video.
Click for the video "Overpopulation - The Human Explosion Explained."
Click for the first website for the Population Webquest to find world population at the time of your birth. Click for the second website to find the current world population. Click for the third website - the CIA World Factbook. Click for the fourth website - the U.S. Census Bureau. Click for the fifth website - to take the Global Trends Quiz and Be a Demographer. Click for the sixth website - Worldometers.
Click for the Hans Rosling TED Talk on Religions and Babies.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Urbanization.
Click to go to the website for the Cost of Sprawl activity.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Urban Resources and Environmental Problems.
Click to go to the first website for the Urban Heat Islands webquest. Click to go to the second and third websites.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Transportation and Urban Development.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Urban Land-use Planning and Control.
Click for the link to Vision Long Island, an organization trying to create smart growth communities on Long Island.
Click for the video "Portland: Quest for the Livable City."
Click for the video "Bogota: Building a Sustainable City" part 1, part 2 and part 3.">
Click for the NOVA video "World in the Balance - The People Paradox."
Monday, November 18, 2019
Wednesday, November 6, 2019
Unit 4: Communities and Populations
Textbook Reading:
Chapter 5: Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control
Click for the Unit 4 Activity Sheet.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Species Interactions.
Click to watch the video "How Nature Works - Barrier Island Foraging Strategies."
Click to view the video "Untamed Science: Symbiosis."
Click to read the article "Inbred Wolf Population on Isle Royale Collapses."
Click to watch the video "How Wolves Change Rivers."
Click to see a graphic explaining how wolves influence Yellowstone.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Community Structure and Species Diversity.
Click for an online Biodiversity Calculator.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Types of Species.
Click to watch the video "Strange Days on Planet Earth - Troubled Waters." The first 15 minutes are about frogs as an indicator species.
Click to read the article "Playing God in a Tide Pool."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Ecological Succession.
Click to read the New York Times article "As Fires Grow, A New Landscape Appears in the West."
These links provide resources for the Fire Management Debate. Click to view the video "60 minutes: The Age of Megafires."
Click for links to resources for Fire Suppression - Smokey the Bear Approach: Smokey the Bear History and More Smokey the Bear.
Click for links to resources for Healthy Forests Initiative - The Bush Administration Approach: USDA Forest Service and Healthy Rangelands and Forests.
Click for links to resources for Integrated Fire Management - Example - The Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy, The Noble Foundation.
Click for links to Long Island-specific resources: a video clip, The Nature Conservancy, Community Preparedness for Wildfires.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Population Dynamics and Carrying Capacity.
Click to see the graph for the Carrying Capacity lab.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Reproductive Patterns.
Click to go to the website for the "How Big Is My Population?" activity.
Chapter 5: Biodiversity, Species Interactions, and Population Control
Click for the Unit 4 Activity Sheet.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Species Interactions.
Click to watch the video "How Nature Works - Barrier Island Foraging Strategies."
Click to view the video "Untamed Science: Symbiosis."
Click to read the article "Inbred Wolf Population on Isle Royale Collapses."
Click to watch the video "How Wolves Change Rivers."
Click to see a graphic explaining how wolves influence Yellowstone.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture notes on Community Structure and Species Diversity.
Click for an online Biodiversity Calculator.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Types of Species.
Click to watch the video "Strange Days on Planet Earth - Troubled Waters." The first 15 minutes are about frogs as an indicator species.
Click to read the article "Playing God in a Tide Pool."
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Ecological Succession.
Click to read the New York Times article "As Fires Grow, A New Landscape Appears in the West."
These links provide resources for the Fire Management Debate. Click to view the video "60 minutes: The Age of Megafires."
Click for links to resources for Fire Suppression - Smokey the Bear Approach: Smokey the Bear History and More Smokey the Bear.
Click for links to resources for Healthy Forests Initiative - The Bush Administration Approach: USDA Forest Service and Healthy Rangelands and Forests.
Click for links to resources for Integrated Fire Management - Example - The Nature Conservancy The Nature Conservancy, The Noble Foundation.
Click for links to Long Island-specific resources: a video clip, The Nature Conservancy, Community Preparedness for Wildfires.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Population Dynamics and Carrying Capacity.
Click to see the graph for the Carrying Capacity lab.
Click to view the PowerPoint presentation lecture on Reproductive Patterns.
Click to go to the website for the "How Big Is My Population?" activity.
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