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HUMAN POPULATION DYNAMICS USING ONLINE RESOURCES. Darlene Oehlke , March 2013 Environmental Systems and Society and chemistry Instructor Nido de Aguilas International School. 7 billion reasons to study human population dynamics. Overview of Activities. Introduction to Human Population
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HUMAN POPULATION DYNAMICS USING ONLINE RESOURCES Darlene Oehlke, March 2013 Environmental Systems and Society and chemistry Instructor Nido de Aguilas International School
Overview of Activities • Introduction to Human Population • Age Sex Population Pyramids (2 activities) • Factors Affecting Total Fertility Rate Investigation • Human Fertility Practical Work • Resource Consumption Activities: • Energy Resource Consumption • Let Them Eat Cake: Population and GNI • Food for Thought: Ecological Footprint
Introduction to Human Population Dynamics www.prb.org Students learn vocabulary Observe differences in demographic indicators in different countries Learn to use the data bases
Introduction to Age Sex Population Pyramids Introductory activity – old fashioned paper and pencil pyramids Data from US Census Bureau
Age Sex Population Pyramids and Demographic Indicators Investigation US Census Bureau www.prb.org
Let Them Eat Cake! Compare populations of regions to distribution of wealth. Data from Population Reference Bureau
Food For Thought Resource consumption within regions including energy consumption, clean water available, food calories per person, carbon dioxide emissions, ecological footprint.. Visual demonstration of data using balloons, cups of water, jars of oil, bags of food…
Gapminder World and Agriculture www.gapminder.org
Great Resources Population Reference Bureau DataFinder www.prb.org US Census International Data Base www.census.gov CIA World Factbook https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/ International Human Development Indicators http://hdr.undp.org/en/data/profiles/ International Energy Agency http://www.iea.org/stats/index.asp Gapminder www.gapminder.org See website for more details…