Unit 4

Unit 4:  Population Dynamics (chapters 8 & 9)

What is the ideal population distribution and size for the US, and what policies would support this?

II. A. Population Biology Concepts (Population ecology; carrying capacity; reproductive strategies; survivorship)

II. B. Human Population 1. Human population dynamics (Historical population sizes; distribution; fertility rates; growth rates and doubling times; demographic transition; age-structure diagrams) 2. Population size (Strategies for sustainability; case studies; national policies) 3. Impacts of population growth (Hunger; disease; economic effects; resource use; habitat destruction)

Schedule
1/11 Return Tests, Review Ch. 8 Reading Guide, Finish Obituaries Work. Ch 8 Reading Guide due.
1/13 Doubling Time Lab
1/18 Survivorship Lab Work Time (All cemetery work needs to be completed during the weekend.)
1/16 Human Populations Intro. Ch 9 Reading Guide Part 1 due.
1/24 Power of Pyramids Activity
1/26 Vocabulary Quiz Ch 9Reading Guide Part 2 due
1/30 Review
2/1 Unit Test- -Finals day.

Here is a video overview of the unit.
http://www.bozemanscience.com/ap-es-012-population-ecology/

Survivorship Curves Lab

The class will be divided into seven lab groups. 
Each group will be responsible for three sets of data: 
1. Ages and genders for all Portland deaths for their assigned portion of 2016
2. Ages and genders for all pre 1917 grave markers for their assigned section of Portland's historic Lone Fir Cemetery
3. A picture of your group at the cemetery and a picture of the most interesting grave marker in your data set
Obituary data will be entered into a spreadsheet during class on January 3rd.
Cemetery data will be entered into the spreadsheet before January 18th.
The lab report will be completed INDIVIDUALLY in class on the 18th and will be due by the 20th.

Obituaries Link

http://obits.oregonlive.com/obituaries/oregon/obituary-search.aspx?daterange=365&townname=Portland&countryid=1&stateid=48&affiliateid=1332

Back to School Schedule

Here's what we'll do the first couple of days back, particularly in regards to the test.

Tuesday:  Review and overview of next unit
Thursday:  Test and first assignment for populations unit.
Monday:  Go over tests

Unit 3 Review Questions

Here's a link to the review questions we used in the Kahoots Questions in class.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1YCvub37tJ1nG4p-iwSH415fUXIIRd8X39PQWX6cA0to/edit

Snow day updates

We'll skip the vocab quiz from Friday.

Be sure to ask questions on Tuesday about the ch 23 reading guide.

Tuesday will still be a review day and the papers are still due Tuesday.

Test still on Thursday.

You can start studying over the weekend.  Look at the list of topics in the unit Three entry below and review your reading guides and the vocabulary lists.

Ch 18, 21, & 23 Vocabulary

Here is a link to the short vocabulary list.  The quiz is on Friday.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1APl1YfNZYm7r67vVuZEOtQD1XS1Q8zkfhPaFt-A3EY4/edit

Here is the link to the online Flashcards
http://www.flashcardmachine.com/3513543/4fy2

Unit Three Project - The Dakota Access Pipeline

In the last three hours the Army Corp of Engineers has shifted the nature the Dakota Access Pipeline debate by not granting an easement to drill under the Missouri River directly North of the Standing Rock Sioux's reservation.  Still, even if there weren't the possibility for policy reversals with the changing of the president, the Dakota Access pipeline would stay in the news.  They are pumping oil in the Bakken range in North Dakota at historic rates, the dangers of moving the oil by train are significant, and the Energy Transfer Company has invested millions in a pipeline that has been mostly completed.  The tribes have won a victory but the story of the pipeline is not over.

Follow the link below to an in-class assignment to build background knowledge about the conflict, and a writing assignment due next that asks you to form your opinion about the pipeline.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dRNp09iVWNC2JBMQez6WCRpza9AbfviSSK4XuccdiAc/edit

As this story is quickly changing, it's possible that we will add new possibilities to the assignment, but this basic assignment should remain despite the evolving story.

Here are additional resources to consider.

link to a  map