Life Expectancy

In the last unit of the course Population we studied population growth in the world. For our last action  project we calculated the how many people there would be in 2050 and we chose a topic that contributes to population growth. I chose Life expectancy because due to a high population we now have low life expectancy. Doing this project I had a little difficulty putting my scrip together because I didn't want the argument to agree with one each other. From this I am most proud of my research.

Aaron. Calculation. 2014

The human population in 2050 would be 10,715,465,520. This calculation is a geometric sequence
because it does not increase constantly. Our estimation is reasonable because right now we have 7,125,000,000 people in the world and it will keep increasing.

Script:

[Roy walks into a funeral home to talk to the owner about arranging a funeral] 

Roy: Hello Alex!

Alex: Hey Roy.

Roy: So how’s the funeral business going?

Alex: Business has been going good. Since life expectancy is lowering now a days.

Roy: Are you sure? Because I thought that there were 21 births per 1,000 people, while there are 10 deaths per 1,000 people. Meaning, that the human population is growing at 1%.

Alex: Which gender do we see here the most?

Roy: Male.

Alex: Exactly! The reason for that is because we men take more risks in life than women do saying that the life expectancy for men is lower than women's.

Roy: Well, even so I actually heard that the UN estimates that 3.7 billion people on earth will die, but another 6.6 billion people will be born in 36 years from now. Then that would state that the amount of births would double.

Alex: What you’re saying is very true Roy, but because there are many causes of death sometimes there will be more deaths than there are births.

Roy: …. I have to go I have a funeral to arrange,but don't think we finished this conversation Alex.

Alex: Ha, ok then good luck.

Roy: Thanks, bye.

Alex: Bye.

Naam, Ramez. “Life Extension and Overpopulation”. IEET. N.p. Web. Oct 23, 2014.
Kinder, Carolyn. “The Population Explosion: Cause and Consequences.” Yale-New Haven Teachers Institute. N.p. Web. Oct 23, 2014.
Copeland, Larry. “Life expectancy in the USA hits a record high.” USA Today. N.p. Web. Oct 23, 2014.

Survival on Mars

In unit 2 of the course Population, we studied evolution, specifically in animals. We learned about how birds have become endangered, extinct and new species of birds are appearing. For example, we looked at the passenger pigeon and how there were millions of them. When they migrated, they would cover the whole sky for 3 days and they would eat our crops. Then humans started capturing them to get rid of them and they ate them. We also learned about how a human grew tall as a variation of his species; his name was Robert Wadlow and he was 8ft 11in. For our action project, we looked at Mars 1 project (which is a tv show) and we had to choose animal to accompany the humans. The challenge for this was that we had to choose from any rescue center in Chicago. I chose a Labrador female dog. Her name is Lill and she is 3 months old. The trick for this was that the animal has to survive in Mars with the cold weather. In this project, I learned about Mars and one thing that I am proud of is my math portion.

Lill, ALIVE Rescue Chicago, 2014.

Labradors came from Newfoundland dogs. There was a populated area of small dogs, they bred with Newfoundlands producing Labrador dogs. In 1830 they were reported as a new specie and British sportsman Colonel Hawker quoted "the best for any kind of shooting...generally black and no bigger than a Pointer, very fine in legs, with short, smooth hair...is extremely quick running, swimming, and fighting...and their sense of smell is hardly to be credited." They weren't called Labrador dogs until Duke of Malmesbury announced that he has always called them Labradors. Unfortunately the Newfoundland dogs died out for the reason of heavy dog tax and quarantine law. Which then lead humans to bred the few Newfoundlands dogs with Retrievers, that why they called them Labrador Retrievers and are similar to them.

Looking for my animal, I chose 10 dogs to look at they weight and I represented it in a table.

8lb (lill)	40lb	50lb	15lb	43lb
10lb	12lb	56lb	30lb	35lb

Box and Whisker plot:

KIS. Weight. 2014

Mean: 299/10= 29.9lb
Median: 32.5lb
Mode:None
Maximum:56lb
Minimum:8lb
Range: 48lb

Standard Deviation:

x	x(x)	(x)2
8	8-29.9= -21.9	(-21.9)2=479.61
10	10-29.9= -19.9	(-19.9)2=396.01
12	12-29.9= -17.9	(-17.9)2=320.41
15	15-29.9= -14.9	(-14.9)2=222.01
30	30-29.9=0.1	(0.1)2=0.1
35	35-29.9= 5.1	(5.1)2=26.01
40	40-29.9= 10.1	(10.1)2=102.01
43	43-29.9= 13.1	(13.1)2=171.61
50	50-29.9= 20.1	(20.1)2=404.01
56	56-29.9= 26.1	(26.1)2=681.21

Total-2802.72/9=311.413 311.413=17.65

Lill weighs 8 lbs. She is 17.65 standard deviations below the mean of 29.9 lbs.

“Labrador Retriever.” American Kennel Club. N.p. Web. Oct 14 2014.
“Labrador Retriever.” Dog Breed Info Center. N.p. Web. Oct 14 2014.
“Mars.” Encyclopaedia Britannica. Michael H. Carr, n.p. Web. Oct 13 2014.

Interesting Facts about Narwhals

In the first unit of the class Population, we studied taxonomy and math language. Taxonomy is Kingdom, Phylum, Class, Order, Family, Genus and Species (KPCOFGS). For our first project, we had to choose an animal that we liked from a list of 15 animals that the teacher provided. Most of those animal names weren't common but rare. Out of that list, I choose Narwhal, which is the only aquatic animal with a tusk and is similar to a whale. I did research on this animal and classified it in taxonomy. To visualize its taxonomy, I made a Narwhal collage and labeled it. During this project, I learned about taxonomy. I am proud of my collage.


Taxonomy of Narwhal:

Kingdom:Anamelia-Multicellular,Heterotrophic
Phylum:Chordata-Spinal
Class:Mammalia-Warm blooded,Has hair,four chambered heart
Order:Cetacea- Aquatic,large animal
Family:Monodontidae-Rounded flippers,live in arctic and neck flexibility due to vertebrate not fused
Genus:Monodon-Narwhal is the only organism in the genus. It is separated from the Baluga by its large tusks
Species:Monoceros-Narwhal is the only species in this genus

KIS.Narwhal collage.2014

KIS.Ven Diagram of Narwhal and Fennec Fox. 2014.

KIS.Narwhal element of...2014.