| concept | order in interrelationship |
| A. the increase in organisms in any time period is related to the number of organisms (the more adult rabbits, the more baby rabbits will be born) | student expected to know this at the beginning |
| B. the increase of a population of rabbits will approach exponential growth if there are enough resources to sustain that growth |
these two both depend on the student knowing A they are presented together in the first lesson if they learn one they will can learn the other easily |
| C. as the population grows, the resources will be depleted | |
| D. resource depletion will cause a slowing of growth rate | this is presented in the second lesson and depends on the students knowing both concepts B and C |
| E. a population of rabbits will reach a carrying capacity depending on the level of resources | this is presented in the third lesson and the students need to understand concept C and remember concept A to put it into context |