Unit 3 - Populations

Timeline (per College Board): 8 block periods - 10-15% AP Exam Weighting

Timing Document (Planning Document for Mr. Higgins)

AP Central Videos:  A single point is assigned for each video (Lab & Classwork category). Students earn this point if they have watched the videos at 80% completion before the review presentation. 

It is an expectation that students take their own notes before Mr. Higgins presents his slides. 

'She Cartoons' Daily Video packets are only available as prints in person due to copyright. 

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• Lab - Mark and Recapture Beans Lincoln-Petersen

  • Student Print

• Topic - 3.1 Generalist and Specialist Species

  • Textbook Reference - Module 17

  • AP Classroom Videos -  3.1 Generalist and Specialist Species (Daily Video 1)

  • Review Slides - 3.1 Generalist and Specialist Species

• Topic - 3.2 K-Selected r-Selected Species

  • Textbook Reference - Module 19

  • AP Classroom Videos - 3.2 K-Selected r-Selected Species (Daily Video 1), and 3.2 K-Selected r-Selected Species (Daily Video 2

  • Review Slides - 3.2 K-Selected r-Selected Species

    • How Wolves Change Rivers (5 Minutes) )

• Topic - 3.3 Survivorship Curves

  • Textbook Reference - Module 19

  • AP Classroom Videos - 3.3 Survivorship Curves (Daily Video 1)

  • Review Slides - 3.3 Survivorship Curves

• Lab - AP Central Lab #5 - An Investigation of Human Population Ecology: Cemetery Demographics

  • • Primary (Secondary) Topic(s): 3.3 Survivorship Curves, & 3.9 Demographic Transition (3.7 Total Fertility Rate)

    • Student Print (Higgins)

      • • Part 1: Pre-Lab Questions (30 Minutes)

        • Part 2: Data Collection (45 Minutes) - Virtual data

        • Part 3: Graphing (30 Minutes)

        • Part 4: Analysis Questions (45 Minutes)

        • Part 5: Discussion and Conclusion (30 Minutes)

• Lab - Bubble Survivor-ship Curves Lab

  • Part 1: Pre-read Lab [Homework]

  • Part 2: Bubbles! Population 1 [30 Minutes]

  • Part 3: Bubbles! Population 2 [30 Minutes]

  • Part 4: Bubbles! Population 3 [30 Minutes]

  • Part 5: Completing the Math / Discussion [30 Minutes]

  • Part 6: Analysis Questions [Homework]

    • Done on a seperate piece of paper. 

• Topic - 3.4 Carrying Capacity

  • Textbook Reference - Module 18

  • AP Classroom Videos - 3.4 Carrying Capacity (Daily Video 1)

  • Review Slides - 3.4 Carrying Capacity

• Topic - 3.5 Population Growth and Resource Availability

  • Textbook Reference - Module 22

  • AP Classroom Videos - 3.5 Population Growth and Resource Availability (Daily Video 1)

  • Review Slides - 3.5 Population Growth and Resource Availability

• Activity - Invasive Species Wanted Poster

  • Part 1: Assign / Research / Setup [45 Minutes]

  • Part 2: Completion [45 Minutes]

  • Part 3: Presentation [45 Minutes]

    • Each student has 2 minutes!

• Topic - 3.6 Age Structure Diagrams

  • Textbook Reference - Module 22

  • AP Classroom Videos - 3.6 Age Structure Diagrams (Daily Video 1), and 3.6 Age Structure Diagrams (Daily Video 2)

  • Review Slides - 3.6 Age Structure Diagrams

• Activity - Analyzing Population Pyramids

• Activity - The World Reshaped (Article)

• Topic - 3.7 Total Fertility Rate

  • Textbook Reference - Module 22, and Module 31

  • AP Classroom Videos - 3.7 Total Fertility Rate (Daily Video 1)

  • Review Slides - 3.7 Total Fertility Rate

• Topic - 3.8 Human Population Dynamics

  • Textbook Reference - Chapter 7

  • AP Classroom Videos - 3.8 Human Population Dynamics (Daily Video 1), 3.8 Human Population Dynamics (Daily Video 2), and 3.8 Human Population Dynamics (Daily Video 3)

  • Review Slides - 3.8 Human Population Dynamics

• Activity - Population Math Practice 

  • Part 1: Review Train Tracks / Completion Group Work [45 Minutes]

  • Part 2: Paper Quiz [15 Minutes]

• Topic - 3.9 Demographic Transition

  • Textbook Reference - Module 23

  • AP Classroom Videos - 3.9 Demographic Transition (Daily Video 1)

  • Review Slides - 3.9 Demographic Transition

    • Fertility rate: 'Jaw-dropping' global crash in children being born (BBC)

    • 3D Mapping The Largest Population Density Centers (Visual Capitalist)

• Activity - Unfair Race Activity

  • Part 1: Race / Discussion [30 Minutes]

• Lab - Cemetery Analysis - Student Print - Data Tables - Spreadsheet - Cemetery Picture Folder

  • Part 1: Read Lab / Complete 1st Page / Review Data Tables [Homework]

  • Part 2: Complete Table 1 & 2 for Group Location [45 Minutes]

  • Part 3: Complete Table 3 & 4 for Class Data [45 Minutes]

  • Part 4: Analysis [15 Minutes]