Ward's® AP Environmental Science: Population Dynamics and Biotic Potential

Hands-on, standards-based lab kit that helps students explore the source and function of atmospheric layers and the impacts on health and the environment.

• Model real-world popualtions dynamics through inquiry based learning

• Students build data analysis and ecological reasoning skills.
• Align to AP® Environmental science units 2.7, 3.4, 3.5, 3.8, 9.10
• Supports NGSS standards HS-LS2-1, HS-LS2-2, HS-LS2-6
• Includes a teacher's guide and student copymasters

Bring population ecology to life with Ward’s AP® environmental science: population dynamics and biotic potential lab kit. This engaging, hands-on kit guides students through real-world investigations of how populations grow, stabilize, and interact within ecosystems. By modeling population dynamics and exploring biotic potential, carrying capacity, and environmental resistance, students gain a deeper understanding of the balance between species and their environments.

Aligned with AP® environmental science and NGSS standards, this comprehensive lab set integrates math, data analysis, and ecological reasoning into four interactive activities that move from classroom modeling to real-world application. Students analyze rabbit population growth, measure local plant population density and biomass, examine the historic Kaibab deer case study, and assess predator-prey relationships through the yellowstone wolf reintroduction.

Designed for both flexibility and engagement, the kit includes detailed teacher and student guides, clear procedures, and assessment tools for traditional, applied, and inquiry-based learning. Whether used as a complete unit or as stand-alone lessons, it builds essential science practices observation, data interpretation, and argumentation from evidence while connecting key ecological principles to human impacts and ecosystem management.

Available in both single master kit and classroom package options, this lab set offers teachers a time-saving, ready-to-use resource that brings core AP® environmental science concepts to life through authentic, standards-based learning experiences.

Ordering information: Purchase options for a single kit (designed for one lab station set up of three to four students) or Classroom Kit (designed for eight lab station setups of three to four students)