Week One Summer 2010 Shortcourse : Math in Science Context: Distance Assignments


Week One Summer 2010 Shortcourse : Math in Science Context: Distance Assignments: "Here is a link to the distance assignment in population biology. https://docs.google.com/document/edit?id=1lUzs23IC1QWKABg_di82OwZ8Fq2S1KzpB..."

Population Biology
The population biology website was very interesting. It had many education, useful links on the page. I found it interesting that the more health care is provided, the fewer children were born. I hadn't thought about it that way. I also was very interested to see that the areas with the higher income, the lower the birth rates. (I thought that made total sense--I would have a lot more money if I hadn't had 4 DAUGHTERS...and I haven't even gotten to the weddings yet!)



I thought the highlights link was a good summary of the article.



I found the exercise for the international population module very interesting. I likes comparing the populations. I think kids would find that fun and fascinating.





I also liked both the random sampling worksheet and interpreting ecological data were good worksheets. It is always good to have kids read graphs--it seems to be something they struggle with. The estimating worksheet is also a good application for the students.



In the extras, I enjoyed the crossword puzzle and the wordsearch--they are always good to get the brain thinking in a different way.

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