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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...
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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.
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Population and the Environment: Global Challenge
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.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le in the Billions and Exponential Modeling
For this task, young scholars 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.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Math in Daily Life: Population Growth
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.
US Census Bureau
U.s. Census Bureau: Population Clocks
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.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Global Trends Quiz
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.
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...
Geographyiq
Geography Iq
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...
Curated OER
Animated Map of Human Population
This animated map shows world population growth from the year 1 to 2020 A.D. Note the changing years as you observe the growth on a map of the world.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Complexity and the Future
Will our descendants enjoy lives that are richer, more fulfilled, healthier, and in general better than those of today? Or will human societies collapse under the strain of depleted resources, brutal conflicts, and environmental damage?...
BBC
Bbc: Resource Depletion: Opportunity or Looming Catastrophe?
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...
The World Bank
World Bank: Data Catalog
This resource provides statistical data on numerous categories for nearly every country in the world. A great tool for a comparative analysis. Human, natural, and capital resources are all included.