Environment

flat =Human population=

=Age structure diagrams= http://flightline.highline.edu/jbetzzall/BI100/animations/age_structure_v2.swf

=Strategies for populations=

= Demographic transition = @http://geography.about.com/od/culturalgeography/a/demotransition.htm @http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/current/lectures/pop_socio/pop_socio.html

1. What are the 3 stages of demographic transition? 2. Compare the stages in terms of available medical care, resources including food, sanitary conditions, infant mortality, life expectancy, types of jobs, etc. 3.What happens to the birth and death rate when countries go through the stages? 4. What happens to the overall population as countries go through the stages? Why does the change in population still increase? 5. Give examples of countries that are currently in each of the stages of demographic transition.

= Developing vs. Developed countries =

@http://faq.aces.uiuc.edu/?project_id=2&faq_id=264 @https://www.mtholyoke.edu/~tiern20l/classweb/climatechange/development.html

1. Why do developing countries have such high birth rates? 2. Why do developed countries have low birth rates? 3. How do developed and developing countries impact the environment?

= Logistic vs. Exponential growth =

@http://www.shmoop.com/ecology/common-mistakes.html @http://www.dummies.com/how-to/content/the-environmental-science-of-population-growth-mod.html

What are the differences between logistic and exponential growth? Give an example and also make drawings of what the graphs look like.

=Population dynamics study guide=

=Ecology ppt=

=Ecology assignment= =Biomes= Research your given biome. Create a food web that has three food chains in it. List as many biotic and abiotic factors in the environment as you can find.

Types of ecosystems =Biome webquest=

=Ecosystem energy webquest=

=Fossil fuels lab=

@http://www.psmag.com/navigation/nature-and-technology/gross-society-entering-age-energy-impoverishment-79381/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+miller-mccune%2Fsummary_feed+%28Pacific+Standard+-+Summary+Feed%29

=Fossil fuels webquest=

=Gas Tax and Fuel Efficiency=

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= Diaper dissection =

As a lab table, carefully dissect your diaper. Separate the various materials and identify one or more functions for each one. List these materials and predicted functions. Work as a group and divide the responsibilities. You are only required to have one write-up per group. This write up will be in the form of a did-you-know kind of article. Think about what you would want to know or what would be interesting to report.

Once you have finished your dissection, add water a little at a time to each component. Observe any changes that occur. Note how much water each material absorbs. Have your ideas on the functions of these materials changed? If so, how?

Discuss the following in your report:
 * Procedures
 * Functions you predicted for each material
 * Functions you observed for each material after adding water
 * Environmental effects of disposable diapers on landfills based o your observations
 * Any other observations

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Fate of Sunlight

Water issues

= Humans in the Biosphere web quest =



Climate change: http://ccafs.cgiar.org/bigfacts2014/#

= Cycling of materials =