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Population Growth and Carrying Capacity
Grow a real population and watch it hit its limit.
Students grow algae and brine shrimp in a beaker and count them over several weeks. They plot the counts, fit a logistic curve and estimate the growth rate and carrying capacity from their own data.
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What students do
Students grow algae and brine shrimp and count them on a regular schedule. They plot the counts over time. They fit a logistic curve and estimate the growth rate and carrying capacity.
Vision and Change
Core concept: systems.
Core competency: quantitative reasoning.
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