Estimating Population Size
Adjust the number of fish in a lake to be tagged and the number of fish to be recaptured. Use the number of tagged fish in the catch to estimate the number of fish in the lake.
Launch GizmoEstimating Population Size
Adjust the number of fish in a lake to be tagged and the number of fish to be recaptured. Use the number of tagged fish in the catch to estimate the number of fish in the lake.
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Google Doc of Student Exploration Sheet
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3rd Grade, 4th Grade, 5th Grade Science
Estimating Population Size
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Middle School Life Science
Estimation Populations using tag and release method
How can proportions and averages be used to estimate populations you could otherwise not observe?
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Middle School Life Science
Estimating Population
In determining populations of a variety of species, one method biologists use is tagging.
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Environmental Science
User Recommendations (3):
Good way for students to check for understanding after doing a Tag and Recapture Lab in Class
Recommended for: Environmental ScienceGizmo User from California
Great follow up to a turtle tag and recapture activity.
Recommended for: Middle School Life ScienceGizmo User from New Jersey
Extremely good and challenging application of ratios in real world context!
Recommended for: Math 7, Math 8Gizmo User from Virginia