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Activity 3: Populations, people and prawns
Activity 3: Populations, people and prawns
This activity is designed to provide students with a better understanding of population growth and decline using data from the Australian Bureau of Statistics. They will be making predictions about future population growth as well as investigating species that may have falling populations. The activity provides the opportunity for students to become familiar with formulae and calculations using a spreadsheet.
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Activity 3: Populations, people and prawns - Spreadsheet instructions
Step by step instructions for students to develop the spreadsheet to model population growth.
Activity 3: Population, people and prawns - Percentage growth
Students use this spreadsheet to investigate Australia's population growth rate using data from 1900.
Activity 3: Population, people and prawns - Approximating the value of e
This activity allows students to generate an approximate value for the natural number 'e'.
