Goal 2 Prelab
This was one is too easy! Follow the directions for each activity. Label your paper for each activity, (Activity 1, Activity 2, etc). This will be due tomorrow.
Activity 1
http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/interactives/demographics/
1. Read the overview.
List all the vocabulary terms that are familiar to you.
2. Click on Lessons The Demographic Transition
Write down the formula: BIRTH RATE – DEATH RATE + IMMIGRATION = GROWTH RATE
1. What does the model include?
What does the model not include?
2. Click on OPEN SIMULATOR (at the top of the page)
Click on Run. Answer these questions in your notebook:
What is the projected US population in 2050?
What is the average birth rate?
What is the average death rate?
What is the population growth?
3. Click on the menu icon by COUNTRY.
Click on China.
Click on Run.
What is the projected US population in 2050?
What is the average birth rate?
What is the average death rate?
What is the population growth?
4. Click on the menu icon by COUNTRY.
Click on the country of your choice.
Click on Run.
What is the projected US population in 2050?
What is the average birth rate?
What is the average death rate?
What is the population growth?
Activity #2
http://www.breathingearth.net/
1. Let it run for 1 minute (bottom of page)
In your notebook answer the following questions:
How many people have been born?
How many people have died?
How many tons of CO2 have been emitted?
What is the population of the world?
Activity #3
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/numbers.html
Read the overview.
Launch the interactive. Copy the chart and complete in your notebook.
TIME Fact 1 Fact 2
2000 years ago
1000 years later
800 years later
127 years later
33 years later
14 years later
13 years later
12 years later
Roughly 50 years from now
Activity 4
http://sciencereviewgames.com/srg/games/hs.php?id=81
1. Click on 1 player.
2. Play the game…answer the questions and shoot the basketball if you answer the question correctly.
In your notebook record your Score ___/10.
Activity 5
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/habitats.shtml
1. Click on the plants and animals you see in the pond. Can you collect all 8?
2. List the 8 in your notebook.
3. Click on Sorter 1. Drag 4 living things into the spaces to complete a Woodland foodchain.
List the 4 in the chain in your notebook.
4. Click on the Quiz.
Activity 6
http://switchzoo.com/games/habitatgame.htm
1. Build an online habitat.
2. Read the directions…..good luck.
Activity 7
http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_ecosystem/
1. Click on the Instructions. Read the directions.
2. Select a Question from the side to start.
3. List the ANSWERS to the 5 Questions in your notebook.
1. All the biotic factors (10)
2. All the abiotic factors (6)
3. An example of mimicry?
4. An example of a producer?
5. An example of a consumer?
Activity 8
http://www.abpischools.org.uk/page/modules/human_animal_habitats/activity.cfm?coSiteNavigation_allTopic=1
1. Read the directions and click on: Launch Activity.
2. Select one of the 8 habitats to explore.
3. Click on the Habitat.
4. Play the game….good luck!
5. Go back to the Habitats. Pick another Habitat to explore.
6. Play the game.
Activity 1
http://www.learner.org/courses/envsci/interactives/demographics/
1. Read the overview.
List all the vocabulary terms that are familiar to you.
2. Click on Lessons The Demographic Transition
Write down the formula: BIRTH RATE – DEATH RATE + IMMIGRATION = GROWTH RATE
1. What does the model include?
What does the model not include?
2. Click on OPEN SIMULATOR (at the top of the page)
Click on Run. Answer these questions in your notebook:
What is the projected US population in 2050?
What is the average birth rate?
What is the average death rate?
What is the population growth?
3. Click on the menu icon by COUNTRY.
Click on China.
Click on Run.
What is the projected US population in 2050?
What is the average birth rate?
What is the average death rate?
What is the population growth?
4. Click on the menu icon by COUNTRY.
Click on the country of your choice.
Click on Run.
What is the projected US population in 2050?
What is the average birth rate?
What is the average death rate?
What is the population growth?
Activity #2
http://www.breathingearth.net/
1. Let it run for 1 minute (bottom of page)
In your notebook answer the following questions:
How many people have been born?
How many people have died?
How many tons of CO2 have been emitted?
What is the population of the world?
Activity #3
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/numbers.html
Read the overview.
Launch the interactive. Copy the chart and complete in your notebook.
TIME Fact 1 Fact 2
2000 years ago
1000 years later
800 years later
127 years later
33 years later
14 years later
13 years later
12 years later
Roughly 50 years from now
Activity 4
http://sciencereviewgames.com/srg/games/hs.php?id=81
1. Click on 1 player.
2. Play the game…answer the questions and shoot the basketball if you answer the question correctly.
In your notebook record your Score ___/10.
Activity 5
http://www.bbc.co.uk/schools/scienceclips/ages/8_9/habitats.shtml
1. Click on the plants and animals you see in the pond. Can you collect all 8?
2. List the 8 in your notebook.
3. Click on Sorter 1. Drag 4 living things into the spaces to complete a Woodland foodchain.
List the 4 in the chain in your notebook.
4. Click on the Quiz.
Activity 6
http://switchzoo.com/games/habitatgame.htm
1. Build an online habitat.
2. Read the directions…..good luck.
Activity 7
http://www.teachersdomain.org/asset/lsps07_int_ecosystem/
1. Click on the Instructions. Read the directions.
2. Select a Question from the side to start.
3. List the ANSWERS to the 5 Questions in your notebook.
1. All the biotic factors (10)
2. All the abiotic factors (6)
3. An example of mimicry?
4. An example of a producer?
5. An example of a consumer?
Activity 8
http://www.abpischools.org.uk/page/modules/human_animal_habitats/activity.cfm?coSiteNavigation_allTopic=1
1. Read the directions and click on: Launch Activity.
2. Select one of the 8 habitats to explore.
3. Click on the Habitat.
4. Play the game….good luck!
5. Go back to the Habitats. Pick another Habitat to explore.
6. Play the game.