Unit+2_Population

=Overview =

This chapter describes population distribution, the spatial distribution of people on the Earth’s surface, and where population is growing. The chapter then explains why population is growing at different rates in different places. It discusses the extent to which certain regions of the world may be facing an overpopulation problem.

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=Activities =

Population Paradox media type="youtube" key="gubSO_U8MW0" width="420" height="315"  media type="custom" key="28704706"  media type="custom" key="28713482"    media type="youtube" key="4B2xOvKFFz4" width="560" height="315" media type="custom" key="27811803" <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">media type="custom" key="28704704" <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">media type="custom" key="27811811" <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">media type="youtube" key="RLmKfXwWQtE" width="560" height="315" <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">media type="youtube" key="aQO_oexCm5s" width="560" height="315" <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">media type="custom" key="26608094" <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">media type="custom" key="27814457" <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">media type="custom" key="26608098" <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">media type="custom" key="27814477" <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">media type="custom" key="27823095" <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif;">Visit our Population Diigo Page. Students: Request membership if you haven't done so yet.

2013 World Population Infographic and PRB's accompanying 2013 World Population Data Sheet. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Period 1 and 7 APHUG students will explore population trends through interactive graphics. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Students: Pair up with your squad partner and identify at least two observations that your slide suggests about the world's population distribution AND at least one aspect of your data that shocked you. <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> [|__Population Data / 2__] <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> [|__Regional Close-Up / 3__]  <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> [|__Factors that affect population growth / 4__]  <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> [|__Regional total fertility rate / 5__]  <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> [|__Demographic divide: Niger v. Netherlands / 6__]  <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> [|__30 most populous cities / 7__]  <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> [|__Poorest countries/greatest population increase / 8__]  <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> [|__Wealth disparities / 9__]  <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;"> [|__Case study: Uganda & Cambodia__]

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">Bill Davenhall: Your health depends on where you live (TED Talks) media type="custom" key="23423902" align="left" width="96" height="96"

<span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">//Nova - World in the Balance - The Population Paradox// <span style="display: block; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%; text-align: left;">What does this video suggest about the following questions:
 * 1) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Where is the world's population distributed?
 * 2) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Why is global population increasing?
 * 3) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Why does population growth vary among regions?
 * 4) <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Why do some regions face health threats?

//<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Population Density // <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">How does each type of population density measurement help geographers determine the world's population distribution? <span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">media type="custom" key="23915276" //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">Where do population data come from? // media type="custom" key="23878084"

<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">NPR: An Aging China //<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 110%;">How are population changes impacting Chinese families? // []

=<span style="font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 17.6px;">Wonderful Websites =

U.S. Census Bureau Breathing Earth Gap Minder Population Reference Bureau Arithmetic Density Resource

__**Let your imagination run wild in our CH2 Sandbox**__ US Census Thematic Maps Population Pyramids by State US Pop. Pyramid from 1850 to 2000 Control Variables on Gapminder Population Policies Around the World =Sillyness= media type="youtube" key="RApGVJDTHrM" width="560" height="315"