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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Population Explosion

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers examine both historical and recent estimates of world population. They identify regions of the world that have had significant population growth in the last decade and speculate on reasons for this.
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Article
Other

Monthly Review: Global Resource Depletion: Is Population the Problem?

For Students 9th - 10th
An analysis of the global challenge of diminishing resources and how this relates to world population growth. (Published: Jan. 2013)
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Website
US Census Bureau

Population Pyramids

For Students 9th - 10th
Visual representations of population distribution by age and sex for any country.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Resource Depletion: Opportunity or Looming Catastrophe?

For Students 9th - 10th
The depletion of the world's natural resources threatens the very survival of humans. This article discusses the causes and consequences of our overuse of natural resources, projections for our future, and what types of solutions are...
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Website
Other

Population Education: Homepage

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Population Education provides teacher training and a variety of teacher tools to help educators on population concepts such as population growth, overpopulation, our effect on the environment, and related resources.
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Interactive
PBS

Nova: Global Trends Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
How is the human population changing? This quiz covers population trends in the developed world, and the developing world. Explore the impact human population growth is having on the environment.