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Monday
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Tuesday
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Wednesday
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Thursday
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Friday
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Engage:
How has the world population grown over the last _
years?
What affects growth? What do you predict the growth has
looked like?
Background Knowledge Probe
Interest/Knowledge/Skills checklist
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Scatterplots:
How represent data?
What can we learn from this representation?
Homework 1
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Thinking about Mathematical Relationships:
Linear
Power
Exponential
Homework 2
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Regression:
How do we analyze data?
How can we fit a good mathematical model to the data? What comprises a best fit?
Homework 3
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Regression:
Making predictions. Practice using calculators and/or
Excel.
Documented Problem Solutions
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Project/Explore:
Find out how the world population has grown over the last
_ years.
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1. Find data
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Work in groups on project.
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2. Graphically represent data
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Work in groups on project.
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3. Find a good mathematical model. Can you explain why the population is
growing in this way?
Check Productive Work-Time Logs
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Exponential/Logarithmic Functions
Homework 4
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Exponential/Logarithmic Functions
Homework 5
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Work in groups on project.
4. Make predictions about the future. What implications might this have?
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Work in groups on project.
5. Finish up and prepare presentations
Check Productive Work-Time Logs
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Presentations:
Groups present their findings.
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Exponential/Logarithmic Functions
Homework 6
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Exponential/Logarithmic Functions
Homework 7
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Extension:
Has the world population always grown in this
manner? Why the change?
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Carrying Capacity Lesson Plan
Will it continue to grow in this manner? Why not?
Bacteria Simulation
Directed Paraphrasing
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What are some of the impacts of an exponentially growing
world population?
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What does this look like mathematically?
The Logistic Equation
Homework 8
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The Logistic Equation
RSQC2
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Thinking about the impacts of an exponentially growing
population, what are we going to do about this? What have people tried to do? What do you think?
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Research different attempted or suggested approaches to
addressing population growth
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Continue research
Check Productive Work-Time Logs
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Student presentations and class discussion of findings
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Analytic Memos
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Students write individual papers showing their findings
about world population growth, one issue resulting from the nature of this
growth, and how they think it should be addressed.
Teacher feedback forms
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Writers’ workshop
Concept Maps
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Rough draft editing
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Interest/Knowledge/Skills checklist
Check Productive Work-Time Logs
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Papers due and de-brief
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