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Hands-on learning activity to provide biology background

Submitted by iwaldron on Tue, 03/10/2020 - 4:50pm.

To help your students understand the underlying basic biology, you may want to use "

Some Similarities between the Spread of Infectious Disease and Population Growth

https://serendipstudio.org/sci_edu/waldron/#infectious

First, students analyze a hypothetical example of exponential growth in the number of infected individuals. Then, a class simulation of the spread of an infectious disease shows a trend that approximates logistic growth. Next, students analyze examples of exponential and logistic population growth and learn about the biological processes that result in exponential or logistic population growth. Finally, students analyze how changes in the biotic or abiotic environment can affect population size; these examples illustrate the limitations of the exponential and logistic population growth models. This minds-on, hands-on learning activity is aligned with the NGSS.

Ingrid 

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