Bison or Dyson?

In my final unit of my STEAM class Population, we discussed how life expectancy can change over time. We learned about calculating and predicting population growth. Our class learned a lot about survivorship curves, and to showcase our knowledge we went the OakWood Cemetery to collect data.  We then used that data to create our own survivorship graph. We were instructed to come up with an Action Project that compared the human population to a self-chosen animal. I chose the Wood Bison. I thought the would Bison was a cool animal, and with my limited time, I had easily accessible data for Wood Bison. I thought the hardest part of this Action Project was to shoot the video. I have genuinely had a hard time filming anything that I am in. I overcame this by just pushing through my weakness to reach the top. I am overall happy with how it turned out.

Ansgar Walk. (February 26, 2006) Wood Bison 
Ansgar Walk. (February 26, 2006) Wood Bison

Year
Bison Pop
Human Pop
1988
25,000
5.138 bil.
1989
45,000
5.230 bil.
1990
48,000
5.321 bil.
1991
55,000
5.409 bil.
1992
102,000
5.495 bil.
1993
175,000
5.579 bil.
1994
150,000
5.661 bil.
1995
160,000
5.742 bil.
1996
205,000
5.821 bil.
1997
253,000
5.899 bil.


 This kind of math is how we can predict our future population.
an= a1+(n-1) an= this is the number of years in the future a1= this means the population of the first year of the set n-1=this means the estimated year minus one

Bison Population
a1= 25,000
a2= 45,000
a3= 81,000
45,000/25,000=1.8
45,000*1.8=81,000

bn= b1(1.1)n-1
bn= this is the number of years in the future
b1= this means the population of the first year of the set
1.1= this means the population growth of each year
n-1= the means the first year of the whole set minus one

Human Population
b1= 5.138 bil.
b2= 5.230 bil.
b3= 5.19 bil.
5.138 bil./5.230 bil. =0.982 bil.
5.138*1.01=5.19 bil.

Ansgar Walk. (February 26, 2006) Wood Bison
Works Cited
Ansgar Walk. (February 26, 2006) Wood Bison
 Comments. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2016.
"Population of the Entire World, Yearly, 1950 - 2100." GeoHive. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2016.
"Wood Bison in Northwestern Canada ." Bison. N.p., n.d. Web. 28 Oct. 2016.
"6 Amazing Facts You Never Knew About Bison." The National Wildlife Federation Blog 

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