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  • Introduction to APES!
    • #Unit 1>
      • The Lorax vs. Easter Island!
      • Happy Fishing Lab - Tragedy of the Common Question!
      • Justification for Preserving the Environment!
      • Human Footprint!
      • Earth Day Network Footprint Calculator!
      • APES -"The Story of Stuff"!
      • Chapter 2: Science As a Way Of Knowing!
      • The case of the Ivory-Billed Woodpecker!
    • #Unit 2>
      • Chapter 6: Biogeochemical Cycles!
      • Cycling Web Quest!
      • Carbon Cycle
      • Dissolved Oxygen Lab!
      • Terrestrial Biomes- Study Guide!
      • Wet Lands Article!
      • The Fish and The Forest!
      • Water Cycle
      • Nitrogen Passport!
      • Ocean Acidification- Laboratory Report!
      • Dangers of Ocean Acidification!
      • Chapter 3- Guided Reading!
      • Enriching the Sea to Death!
      • Aquatic Ecosystem- Study Guide!
      • Intro to Biomes!
      • Life in the Ocean - Article!
      • An earth without people! - Article!
      • Mt. St. Helens: Back from the dead video worksheet!
      • Ecological Succession Notes/Activity!
      • Nitrogen Cycle
      • The Ocean's Invisible Forest!
    • #Unit 3>
      • Unit #3 -Presentation and Study Guide!
      • Bozeman Science: Ecosystems Guided Viewing
      • Food Thought!
      • Oh Deer Lab!
      • Bornoe Video! - Question
      • Natural Selection Guided Viewing!
      • Population Guided Viewing!
      • Communities Guided Viewing!
      • Chapter #5- Guided Reading!
      • Keystone Species- Notes
      • Chapter #8- Guided Reading!
      • Biodiversity- Guided Reading!
      • Reproductive Isolation & Speciation Guided Viewing
      • Exponential & Logistic Growth- Guided Viewing!
      • Biodiversity Hotspots Activity!
      • Galapagos Case Study
      • R and K Selection Guided Viewing
      • Ecosystems on the Brink Summary & Discussion
      • How Big Is My Population?
      • Something Fishy- Lab report
      • Comparing Biodiversity: Spider's, Spider's Everywhere!
      • Gorillas in the Mist- Reflection
      • Endangered Species New's Letter!
      • Wanted Poster!
    • #Unit 4>
      • Apes in a Box: Endangered Species
      • Fishing Harvesting Technique
      • Threats to Biodiversity- Guided Viewing Worksheet
      • Bushmeat DNA Blast Assignment
      • Grasslands and Range lands: Guided Reading
      • Mapping the National Park
      • Case Study: Corridors
      • When a Tree Falls Illegally in the Forest Writing Assignment
      • Which species will live? - Article Review!
      • Can sustanaible management help save tropical forest? - Article Review
      • On the termination of species! - Article Review
      • Saving the honeybee! - Article Review
      • Conservation for the people! - Article Review
    • #Unit 5>
      • Environmental History and Law - Guided Viewing
      • Response to "Silent Spring"
      • Botkin and Keller Chapter 7
      • The Omnivore's Dilemma Part 1
    • #Unit 6>
      • Chapter 4 - Guided Reading!
      • Four Stages of Demographics!
      • Chapter 27 - Guided Review!
      • Urban Heat Island Guided Viewing!
      • Human Population GV Worksheet!
      • The Human Population Grows Up
      • Demographic Transition Video
      • Population, Poverty and the Local Environment!
      • How Green is My City
    • #Unit 7>
      • Human Population and Carrying Capacity!
      • Kermit or Kermette Case!
      • Chapter 10 - Guided Reading!
      • Toxicology Problem Set
      • Lungs Toxicology Problem Set
      • Home Toxin Audit!
      • Toxin's in your Neighborhood!
      • The Story of Cosmetics Notes!
      • The Story of Electronics Notes!
      • Radioactive Smoke!
      • Tuna for Lunch- Case Study
      • Risk Survey
      • Lead Shot in Trumpeter Swans
      • Chapter #23 - Guided Reading!
      • Solid & Hazardous Waste PPT
      • Arsenic in Drinking Water
      • Water Quality Index
      • Recycle City
      • Fast Food Wasteland Project
      • Landfilll Notes
      • The Dangers of Plastic Bags
      • Addicted to Plastics - Newsletter
      • Rescue Worker's Dilemma -Case Study
      • LD- 50 Lab Report
      • Radon Notes/Guided Viewing
      • Excessive Packaging! - Article
      • Water Pollution Notes
      • Decibel Dilemma- Article
      • Omnivore's Dilemma- Chapter #2
    • #Unit 8>
      • Chapter #19 - Guided Reading
      • Fracking Article
      • Bioremediation Assignment!
      • Virtual Water Testing Lab
      • Using Invertebrates for Water Indicators
      • Poison in the Rockies Reflection
      • Wading in Wasting - Article
      • Mountain Removal Webquest
      • Clean Energy from Filthy Water - Article
      • Gasland Summary
      • Chapter #18 Guided Reading
      • Water Diversions Webquest
      • Blue Gold: Water Wards, Reflection
      • Water Footprint Calculator
      • Down Go the Dams - Article
      • Facing the Freshwater Crisis - Article
      • The Horse and the Urban Environment
    • Unit #10>
      • Chapter #11 - Guided Viewing Worksheet
      • Phosporus - A Looming Crisis
      • Soil Profile - Video notes
      • Dirt: The Movie - Video Notes
      • APES in a Box: Soil Pyramid - Video Notes
      • Food, Inc - Video Notes
      • The Omnivore's Dilemma - Chapter #4
      • Lab: Soil Column Lab
    • Spring Break Assignments>
      • "Harvest of Fear" - Guided Viewing Worksheet & Persuasive Essay
      • Guess What's Coming to Dinner - Take Notes
      • Should We Grow GM Crops?
      • Engineer a Crop
      • Integrated Pest Management & Biological Pest Control
      • Micheal Pollan Notes
      • Could Food Shortages Bring Down Civilization? - Article
      • Climate Change Book
    • Unit #9>
      • Chapter #20 - PPT & Notes
      • Worksheet: Carbon Cycle & The Greenhouse Effect
      • A Plan to Keep Carbon in Check
      • Ozone - Online Assignment
      • Smog City Activity
      • An Inconvenient Truth - Reflection
      • The Green House Hamburger - Article
      • The Ocean and Weather - Article
    • Unit #11>
      • Chapter #14-15 - Guided Reading!
      • Article: The Artic Oil & Wildlife Refuge
      • Home Energy Audit
      • Apes in the box: Fossil Fuels
      • Chapter 16-17 - Guided Review
      • Energy Comparison Chart/Energy Review Sheet
      • The False Promise of Biofuels
      • The Rise of Renewable Energy
    • Unit #12>
      • The Omnivore’s Dilemma Chapter #5- Reading Guide
      • The Omnivore’s Dilemma Chapter #6 - Guided Reading
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Main Points:
  • We all have widely differing opinions about population.
  • People blame population growth as a cause of poverty and environmental degredation.
  • Others say that the elements of this casual chain is that poverty is the cause rather than the consequence of increasing population
  • Economists do not regard poverty, population growth and local environment as interconnected.
  • Investigators studied relations between these ingredients.
  • Collected research shows that none of the three elements directly causes the other two. Each actually influences, and is in turn influenced by the others.
  • New perspective has significant implications for policies aimed at improving life for some of the world's most impoverished inhabitants.
  • In contrast with the new perspective, with its focus on local experience, popular tracts on the environment and population growth usually taken a global view.
  • They emphasized the deleterious effects that a large population would have on our planet.
  • This draws attention away from economic misery endemic today.
  • Disaster is occurring even now.
  • In developing countries, decisions on whether to have a child and on how to share education, food, work, health care and local resources are in large measure made within small entities such as households.
  • It makes sense to study the link between poverty, population growth and the environment.
  • Households assume various guises in different parts of the world.
  • Those who enjoy the greatest power within a family can be identified by the way the household's resources are divided.
  • Sharing of resources within a household is often unequal even when differences in needs are taken into account.
  • Inequities prevail over fertility choices also.
  • Men wield more influence, even though women typically bear the greater cost.
  • The number of live babies a woman could have is she survived her childbearing years is called the total fertility rate, which is between 6 and 8 in Sub-Saharan Africa.
  • Each successful birth involves a year and a half of pregnancy and breast-feeding.
Author Point's:
     This article talks about the reasoning behind why a family would want to limit the number of children in their household or have a big number of children in their household. One reason for limiting procreation is the high cost of the woman. The woman with a lifespan of 50 years is said to have babies in their womb and breast-feeding them occurs half of her lifetime. The other reason is maternal mortality and the risk of death for childbirth. Another reason for having lots of children is because of the lack of resources. The lack of resources influences the mother to procreate to have the children help get the resources.
My Thoughts:
          This article showed some interesting fact of why many people would want to have a lot of kids and might choice the least amount of children possible. Also, after reading this article I learned that many people would want a higher number amount of kids because of the lack of resources that are around their area. Secondly, I also learned that many families would want to limit their number of children because they want to have a great way of accessing the resource. Furthermore,  I think that this article can relate to the families thinking about the consequences of procreation.
So what?
The costs and availability of resources can affect the number of offsprings.

What if...?
Amount of offspring was limited by the governments and Do you think there be a higher death rate?

Says who?
Elinor Ostrom, Robert W. Fogel

What does this remind me of?
Competition and a GAME!
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