PART 1

Complete “Preparing for Lizard Island”! Save the final printout as a PDF or .jpg and click the link above to submit Lab 2. You can access this activity through the following link: https://askabiologist.asu.edu/population-ecology-game (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site.

Scroll down to the bottom of the page and click on ‘Lizard Island – Populations’. You will need to use Adobe Flash to access the assignment.

PART 2

Lab Report

Turn in your report as a Word document along with a PDF or JPEG of the last summary screen. If submitting a JPEG, insert this into the Word document. Remember to use appropriate subheadings for your sections such as Introduction, Methods, and Discussion.

In this report, figures are not needed.

• Include a relevant introduction that explains why understanding how populations grow is important. (1 pt)
• Summarize the equation for simple growth rate and the conclusions you drew during this activity. Include the actual equation. (1 pt)
• Summarize the equation for exponential growth and the conclusions you drew during this activity. Include the actual equation. (1 pt)
• Summarize the equation for logistic growth and the conclusions you drew during this activity. Include the actual equation. (1 pt)
• Include a discussion summing up when it makes sense to use each equation (1 pt)

Points may be deducted for poor writing or too short documents (up to -1pt) or for not turning in the PDF or JPEG of the end screen of the activity (-1 pt).