Syllabus #4: Population Ecology
APES
Unit #4
READING: Friedland and Relyea, Environmental Science for AP 14th Chapters. 6 & 7
LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Chapter 6: Population and Community Ecology:
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List the levels of complexity in the natural world.
Contrast the ways in which density-dependent and density-independent factors affect population size.
Explain growth models, reproductive strategies, survivorship curves, and metapopulations.
Describe species interactions and the roles of keystone species.
Discuss the process of ecological succession.
Explain how latitude, time, area, and distance affect the species richness of a community.
Important Terms and Concepts Chp. 6
Population
Community
Population density
Population distribution
Carrying capacity
Density-dependent factors
Growth rate
Intrinsic growth rate
Logistic growth model
S-shaped
K-selected species
R-selected species
Metapopulation
Community ecology
Predation
Pathogens
Symbiotic
Competitive exclusion principle
Secondary succession
Pioneer species
predator-mediated competition
Population ecology
Sex ratio
Limiting resource
Exponential growth model
Overshoot
Survivorship curves
Competition
Mutualism
Keystone species
Ecological succession
Theory of island biogeography
Population size
Age structure
Density-independent factors
J-shaped
Die-off
Corridors
Resource partitioning
Commensalism
Ecosystem engineers
Primary succession
Chapter 7: The Human Population
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Describe the potential limits to human population growth.
Describe important aspects of global and national population growth using demographic terminology and tools.
Evaluate the social, economic, and environmental factors that have contributed to decreasing growth rates in many countries.
Analyze relationships among changes in population size, economic development, and resource.
Explain how people have attempted to harmonize economic development with sustainable development.
Important Terms and Concepts Chp. 7
Demography
developed countries
Developing countries
theory of demographic transition
Immigration
emigration
Child mortality
IPAT equation
Age structure diagram
urban area
Replacement level fertility (RLF)
population momentum
life expectancy
infant mortality
crude birth rate
population pyramid
Gross domestic product (GDP)
demographers
family planning
affluence
crude death rate
total fertility rate (TFR)
SKILLS:
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Making observations and generating hypothesis’
Experimental components and how to write them.
Chart and graph making.
Following procedure and equipment use.
UNIT SCHEDULE: 4 weeks
Lecture/Discussion: Go Over Unit #3 Test / Chp. 6 –Levels of organization,
Wednesday 10/23 Classwork: Start Borneo Exercise (order events)
Movie: Population Overload
Lecture/Discussion: Read Borneo Story / Chp. 6 – Factors Regulate Pop.
Abundance and Distribution (slides 1-6)
Thursday 10/25 Movie: Web Link on wiki – Population Ecology watch 1 & 2
Lab Activity: Start Random Sampling Lab
Homework: Finish Random Sampling Lab / Study for Quiz Chp. 6 (pgs. 150-161)
Lecture/Discussion: Chp. 6 - Density dependent and independent factors
Lab Activity: Mark and Recapture
Friday 10/26
Homework: Finish Mark and Recapture Lab / Study for Quiz Chp. 6 (pgs.
150-161)
Movie: Web Link on wiki – Population Ecology watch 3 & 4
Classwork: Start Population Problems (due 10/29)
Monday 10/28
Homework: Study for Quiz Chp. 6 (pgs. 150-161)
Lecture/Discussion: Chp. 6 – Reproductive Strategies, K and R Selected Species,
Survivorship Curves (3 types)
Tuesday 10/29
Movie: Web Link on wiki – Population Ecology watch #5
Classwork: r & K selected activity / Continue Population Problems
Quiz: Chp. 6 (pgs. 150-161)
Homework: Finish Population Problems
Lecture/Discussion: Chp. 6 – Competition, Predation, Mutualism,
Wednesday 10/30 Commensalism, Keystone species / Turn in Population Problems
Classwork: Relationship/Biome WS (due 10/31)
Homework: Finish Relationship/Biome WS
Classwork: Relationship/Biome WS (due 10/31)
Thursday 10/31 Homework: Start Population Math (due 11/2) / Study for Quiz Chp. 6 (pgs.
161-172)
Movie: Symbiotic Relationships
Homework: / Study for Quiz Chp. 6 (pgs. 161-172)
Friday 11/1
Lecture/Discussion: Chp. 6 - Succession
Lab Activity: Floristic Relay Game - Succession
Monday 11/4
Lab Activity: Floristic Relay Game - Succession
Tuesday 11/5
Homework: Study for Quiz Chp. 6 (pgs. 161-172)/Finish Population Math
Wednesday 11/6 Classwork: Turn in Population Math/Finish Succession Game
Quiz: Chp. 6 (pgs. 161-172)
Movie: on Wiki: Visualizing 7 billion / Miniature World
Lecture/Discussion: Turn in Succession Game / Chp. 7 – Exponential Growth
and Carrying Capacity, Population change, birth and death rates, fertility, total
Thursday 11/7
fertility rate
Movie: Start Population Paradox
Homework:
Lecture/Discussion: Chp. 7 – Factors affecting birth and death rates
Friday 11/8
Movie: Finish Population Paradox (Turn in)
Field Trip: Napa River Biological Reserve.
Movie: China Revs Up
Tuesday 11/12
Lab Activity: Start Age Structure Pyramid (population pyramid) – Did not get to
do re: time
Homework: IPAT Equation? – Book
Wednesday 11/13 Lab Activity: Finish Age Structure Pyramid (population pyramid)
Homework: Study for Quiz Chp. 7 (pgs. 180-188) / Cemetery Demography
Lecture/Discussion: Turn in Cemetery Demography / Pop. Paradox
Thursday 11/14 Quiz Chp. 7 (pgs. 180-188)
Lab Activity: Demographic Transition Graph
Homework: Human Population Dynamics (due Thursday 11/8)
Lecture/Discussion: Chp. 7 – China and India (Family Planning)
Friday 11/15
Gov. Intervention (1 Child Policy)
Lab Activity: Population Pyramids WS
Homework: Study for Unit #4 Essay Test
Test: Unit #4 Essay Test
Homework: Study for Unit #4 MC Test
Discussion: Go Over Unit #4 Essay Test
Test: Unit #4 MC Test