Bryan's+Video+Lesson+Plan

Bryan Flickinger Video Lesson Plan 10-24-09 **Populations Ecology** **Objective:** The student will be able to determine the effects of human over-population in regards to the Earth’s carrying capacity. **Learning Activity:** 1. [|Population Ecology]Before watching the video on **Population Ecology**, I would have students use a motion picture analysis worksheet to fill in prior to viewing. 2. Students would then brainstorm in groups the amount of waste they create in a normal day to determine the effects human’s population increases on our Earth’s carrying capacity. 3. I would then have students using the population clock to determine the population upon their completion of high school or college (when they will enter the work force). [|www.census.gov/main/www/popclock.html] 4. Students would then fill in the remainder of the motion picture worksheet while viewing the video (there are some politically motivated aspects of the video that the sheet would allow for good discussion of propaganda). 5. Students could then come up with a classroom pledge to reduce waste in their own lives and sign it. 6. Student after a pre-determined length of time come together and share success stories and obstacles in their efforts. **Assessment:** Student would be assessed on their learning by coming up with a sustainable manner in living their own lives and sharing with the class (question and answer).