Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The World Population: Logistic Model
Students will collect world population data from the Internet, find a logistic model for the data, and use their model to predict future populations.
Christian Science Monitor
Christian Science Monitor: Population Decline in Sight
This Christian Science Monitor article notes the projections of a UN Conference of March 2001, predicting that fertility rates worldwide are decreasing, and population decline is in sight.
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Population
Population directly effects our everyday lives in many ways. Explore the effects of population by learning about population density, population distribution, and population change.
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Population Action International
Organization dedicated to "advancing policies and programs that slow population growth in order to enhance the quality of life for all people." The site includes country by country data on population, natural resources and data...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The World Population: Logistic Model With Ti Interactive!
In this activity, the logistic model for the growth of the world's population will be developed.
Population Connection
United Nations Population Fund
This resource attempts to assist developing countries manage their population problems.
NASA
Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day:
A different image is featured each day along with descriptive narrative. NASA offers different and sometimes unexpected views of our Earth and the universe.
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Population Reference Bureau: The World at 7 Billion
This interactive map offers statistical data on population, birth and deaths, life expectancy, HIV/AIDS, family planning, and poverty across the world in 2011. The information is also available as a table for all topics. A fascinating...
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Population Reference Bureau: Country Stats & Reports
This site from the Population Reference Bureau could actually be considered a search engine or the beginning page of a data base. It is a thorough source of information on global population including hyperlinks to organizational sources,...
PBS
Nova: Earth in Peril
A series of nine maps with accompanying explanations. They show how population growth has affected the environment around the world in terms of water availability, climate change, land and forest use, and more. There are both interactive...
Trinity University
Trinity University: Demography
Trinity University offers interesting statistics on the world's population; such as ethnicity, education, religion, gender, etc. Includes special links.