Population Dynamics: A Tale of Mice and Men

White-footed mice populations influence Lyme disease risk. Students will understand population dynamics and create wildlife management strategies to address public health concerns.

Related resources

• Student Guide
• Learning Pathway

Topics

• modeling populations
• carrying capacity
• population dynamics
• conservation biology
• public health
• population ecology
• disease ecology
• HS-LS2-6
• HS-LS2-7
• HS-LS2-2
• HS-LS2-1
• limiting factors
• logistic growth
• exponential growth
• wildlife management
• ecosystems
• human impact
• biodiversity