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Lesson Plan
BSCS Science Learning

Bscs: Global Night Sky Comparison

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This inquiry invites learners to investigate human impacts on the environment. Specifically, students will examine the relationship between human population, light pollution, and how brightly celestial objects like stars appear in the...
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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.
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Article
Population Connection

Population Connection: Population and Environment[pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A paper from the Population Connection that outlines the consequences to the environment if humans continue on the path of overpopulation.
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Article
Christian Science Monitor

Christian Science Monitor: Population Decline in Sight

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Website
Population Connection

United Nations Population Fund

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource attempts to assist developing countries manage their population problems.
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Website
Other

Population

For Students 9th - 10th
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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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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Other

Population Action International

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Article
American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Population and the Environment: Global Challenge

For Students 9th - 10th
Look globally at the rising population and understand the impact on the environment, water supply, forestry, and biodiversity through the article and its supporting resources.
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Graphic
Other

Population Reference Bureau: The World at 7 Billion

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le in the Billions and Exponential Modeling

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
For this task, students examine world population data from 1804 to 2012 and investigate whether an exponential function is appropriate for modeling the relationship between the world population and the year. Aligns with F-LE.A.1.c.
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Activity
Read Works

Read Works: China Today: China's Population

For Teachers 3rd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the population grown in China. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Website
US Census Bureau

U.s. Census Bureau: Population Clocks

For Students 9th - 10th
This U.S. Census Bureau Web site has two population clocks with notes available. One clock shows the population increase for the United States. The other shows the world population increase.
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Handout
PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Global Trends Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive quiz from NOVA, take the Environmental Challenge and test your knowledge of human impact on the world's natural resources and climate.
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Handout
University of Michigan

University of Michigan: Urbanization and Global Change

For Students 9th - 10th
A thorough site that examines urban population in developed and developing countries, answers the question whey is the urban population increasing so fast, and delves into the problems associated with rapid urban growth.
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Website
Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Math in Daily Life: Population Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
At this website there is basic information about world population growth over the last 300+ years. The link at the end of the article is to another article that compares the population growth of two states.
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Article
PBS

Pbs: Nova: The Impact of Aging Populations

For Students 9th - 10th
An interview with Paul Hewitt, an expert in aging and public policy. The discussion focuses on the impact that aging populations around the world will have on economies, social structures, and government policies.
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Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le in the Billions and Linear Modeling

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, students are shown a table of world population data and asked to explore whether linear functions would be appropriate to model relationships within the data. Aligns with F-LE.A.1.b.
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Interactive
PBS

Nova: Earth in Peril

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Article
A&E Television

History.com: How the Columbian Exchange Brought Globalization and Disease

For Students 9th - 10th
Christopher Columbus' arrival in the Caribbean in 1492 kicked off a massive global interchange of people, animals, plants and diseases between Europe and the Americas.
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Article
BBC

Bbc: Report Reveals Global Slum Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the problems of the urban populations in Subsaharan African countries. Examines why the people move into these communities and why they get stuck there. (16 June 2006)
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Lesson Plan
American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Global Gis Lesson: Exploring North American Earthquakes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this series of lessons, students use Geographic Information Systems (GIS) together with the tools and data from the North America Global GIS CD to investigate earthquakes, volcanoes, and population from a local to global scale....
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Graphic
Other

The Global Flow of People

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate estimates of migration flows between and within regions for five-year periods, 1990 to 2010. Click on a region to discover flows country-by-country.
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Website
Geographyiq

Geography Iq

For Students 9th - 10th
Detailed geographical information on any country is available at this site. Within the World Map section, you can get facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, government, political system, flags, historical and...

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