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Man's Best Friend

 This unit in our population class we have been working a lot with graphing data based on things like human population which can be recognized as exponential, and using it to calculate future population.  Most of this unit took place in October, so it was only fitting that we took a trip to a cemetery (felt kind of strange/wrong in my opinion) to collect data of death years.  We used this data to examine and predict local life expectancies for different decades to compare.  We talked about how this could represent a geometric sequence and the common ratio which connects to this sequence.  Finally our Action Project was to make a slide show presentation, and video that expresses human population over time compared to an organism of our choice.  We did this so we could see how one might affect the other.  I did my presentation on dogs.


Here's the video:



Afterword:

This project was an interesting way to show off the concept we've been exploring this unit.  Personally I wasn't a huge fan of this project but I did end up having fun making the slideshow and choosing the pictures.  The biggest challenge this project posed was with creating the graphs, and manipulating them to make sense.


Citations:

Past, Photos of the. “Edwardian Man and Dog, Possibly John Hook, 1907.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 30 Dec. 2011, https://www.flickr.com/photos/24469639@N00/6603248421. - old timey dog photo

“Mutualism Definition & Meaning.” Dictionary.com, Dictionary.com, https://www.dictionary.com/browse/mutualism.

“U.S. Pet Ownership Statistics.” American Veterinary Medical Association, https://www.avma.org/resources-tools/reports-statistics/us-pet-ownership-statistics.

Staff, AKC. “30 Fun and Fascinating Dog Facts.” American Kennel Club, American Kennel Club, 19 Apr. 2021, https://www.akc.org/expert-advice/lifestyle/dog-facts/.

Waddington, Rod. “It's Mutual.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 26 Jan. 2017, https://www.flickr.com/photos/64607715@N05/32533932725. - mutualism photo of hippo

Published by Emma Bedford, and Jul 27. “Number of Dogs in the U.S., 2017.” Statista, 27 July 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/198100/dogs-in-the-united-states-since-2000/. - Dog population numbers over the years

Aalders, Allert. “Dog Sunny Day Afternoon.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 18 Mar. 2007, https://www.flickr.com/photos/50553647@N00/424644321.  - cool dog photo (Final slide)

Bass-Deschenes, Cary. “Dog Dog Man Love.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 28 Feb. 2007, https://www.flickr.com/photos/14429081@N00/405755383. - Second slide man hugging his dogs

Lorant, Portik. “Cute Dog Eating Watermelon :).” Flickr, Yahoo!, 1 Mar. 2011, https://www.flickr.com/photos/49468253@N07/5489476583. - watermelon dog

Barbieri, Massimo. “Dog at the Window.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 26 May 2006, https://www.flickr.com/photos/72458661@N00/153617324. - window dog

Roth, Eric. “Dog Hugs.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 28 Aug. 2017, https://www.flickr.com/photos/151955484@N08/36021682084/in/photostream/. - Dog giving hug

Robot, Nadja. “Strong Dog.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 26 July 2012, https://www.flickr.com/photos/35294562@N00/7651723082.

Zoomar. “Pug and Cartoon Dog.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 15 Feb. 2006, https://www.flickr.com/photos/61456874@N00/99920155. -  pug and statue

Cheng, Kevin. “Smart Dog.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 14 Sept. 2011, https://www.flickr.com/photos/24034223@N05/6146453125. -  Dog with the glasses

Police, West Midlands. “Day 341 - West Midlands Police - Dog Handlers Receive Awards.” Flickr, Yahoo!, 7 Dec. 2012, https://www.flickr.com/photos/61718807@N07/8251729393. - K-9 with handlers



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