Laura Schmidt and Tera Linn

Unit 2: Ecology

Chapter 5: How Populations Grow

Due: ____________ 

C Level Activities (70 points possible) 

B level Activities (15 pts – you must complete the C level first) 

1. You live in the year 2050 where the population is 12 billion people, twice as many people as exist today.  How would life be different?  What resources are limiting and how have people adapted?  In a 2-3 page story, describe a day in your life: what kind of energy do you use, where do people live, how is their health, what is school like, what jobs are available, etc…

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2. Complete the PowerPoint activity on Illinois Endangered Species. (see handout) You must get your endangered species approved by your teacher before you begin.

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3. Research the status of the Endangered Species Act from 1973 to present. Make a poster display showing a time line of events, specific people, political parties involved, and present problems.

A level Activities (15 pts – you must complete the B level first) 

1. Read the Issues in Biology on the Gray Wolf on page 128 in your book.  Using internet resources, answer the two questions in 2-3 typed pages.

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2. As the world becomes more populated, there is a limit on resources like oil.  One way that the auto industry is trying to conserve resources is by making cars that run on ethanol, a fuel made from corn.  Research ethanol: what is it, who makes it, who sells it, what cars can use it, what is the cost, and how does using it benefit Illinois, would you use it?  Research the topic, then type a 2-3 page typed response. 

All assignments will be graded using Oral Defense as well as the quality of the work you produce. 

You may work together in groups of no more than 3 people.  However, you will each do your own oral defense and turn in your own paper work or project. 

There will be a final test on this unit at the end of the unit. 

You are responsible for pacing yourself to get through the different levels of the unit.