MATERIALS LISTS FOR STUDENT INVESTIGATIONS

8. POPULATION GROWTH
PG, chapter 1, page 5, Population Growth behavior
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PG, chapter 1, page 7, Alien invaders
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PG, chapter 1, page 8, Making graphic representations of population behavior
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PG, chapter 1, page 9, Human thermostat

• container of hot water
• container of cold water
• container of room temperature water
• thermometer.
• graph paper and pencil

PG, chapter 2, page 14, How many is a billion?
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PG, chapter 2, page 14, Bacterial Growth and Populations
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PG, chapter 2, page 15, What do you mean? It's only a drop in the bucket!

• An empty bucket
• a number of different sizes of droppers and beakers
• a water supply

PG, chapter 2, page 16, Adding Armadillos
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PG, chapter 2, page 18, Grasshopper mark and recapture

• 2 insect sweep nets
• Paint or nail polish
• Paper and pencil
• 1 large sheet
• 4 flags or stakes to mark sampling plot
• 1 large plastic container with lid
• 1 metric tape measure (Or pace off the area)
• Field guide to insects

PG, chapter 3, page 21, Moldy bread
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PG, chapter 3, page 22, Verhulst's population equation
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PG, chapter 3, page 24, Playing with the population equation
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PG, chapter 3, page 25, Optimum number of offspring
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PG, chapter 3, page 26, Advantages and disadvantages of sexual reproduction
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PG, chapter 3, page 28, Research on the internet
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PG, chapter 3, page 30, Earlobes: a study of human gene frequencies
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PG, chapter 3, page 32, Dunkers blood types
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PG, chapter 3, page 32, Health care and population growth
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PG, chapter 4, page 45, Doubling time
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PG, chapter 4, page 45, Too many people?
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PG, chapter 4, page 47, Population Growth in the United states
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PG, chapter 5, page 57, How much land does it take
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PG, chapter 5, page 70, The cost of an afternoon's entertainment
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PG, chapter 7, page 80, Has china realized its goals?
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PG, chapter 7, page 86, Population control - cultural comparisons
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PG, chapter 7, page 89, Difficult questions
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PG, chapter 8, page 97, The quality of your life
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PG, chapter 8, page 100, The road not taken
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