Population Growth  

Resources:

Commonwealth of Knowledge lesson plan on functions:

http://www.knowledge.state.va.us/cgi-bin/lesview.cgi?idl=904

Population reference bureau lesson plan on statistics of countries:

http://www.prb.org/Template.cfm?Section=LessonPlans&template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=5000

 

Equations reference:

http://www.physics.uoguelph.ca/tutorials/exp/intro.html

 

Exponential Functions and Logarithms lesson plan by Jody Carlisle:

http://jwilson.coe.uga.edu/emt669/Student.Folders/Carlisle.Jody/lesson%20plan/unit.lesson.plans.html

 

Sample exponential growth lesson:

http://www.utdanacenter.org/mathtoolkit/downloads/scope/OLDalg2scope/buzzbugs.pdf

 

 

Birth and death rate figures for various countries:

www.bartleby.com/151/fields/23.html

 

www.bartleby.com/151/fields/24.html

 

www.bartleby.com/151/fields/25.html

 

www.bartleby.com/151/fields/26.html

 

Simulation:

www.aetheling.com/NL/sim/population1.html

 

Materials:

 

v    Digital Camera (if possible more than one per class)

v    Computers with Microsoft word or works program and internet access for each student in class

v    Card Stock / 25 per class

v    Graphing Calculator and LCD panel for each student in class

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v    Six colors of yarn / per class

v    One roll of masking tape / for the day

v    Ambassador cards (one card for each region per class)

v    6 signs with names of regions: North America, Latin America, Africa, Europe (including Russia), Asia (excluding China), and China

v    3x5 card showing the task for the advisory board / 1 per class

v    1 bag of peanuts per class (to show calorie consumption per day; 1 peanut = 400 calories)

v    1 bag of chocolate kisses per class (to show GNP per country; 1 kiss = $500)

v    1 bag of "Red Hots" or "Atomic fire balls" per class (to show energy consumption; 1 candy = 2 barrels of oil consumed per capita)

v    5 Paper plates and/or plastic bags per class to hold the peanuts and candy for each region

v    10 black balloons per class (to show CO₂ emissions per capita, metric tons; 1 balloon = 1 metric ton), string, rubber bands for each balloon

v    10 Cups of water per class (to show percentage of people who have access to safe drinking water; clear water for safe water, colored water for unsafe) or use construction paper in the shape of glasses (with blue for safe and brown for unsafe water)

v    Outline maps of the world and graph paper for students to graph information presented in the demonstration or laminated world maps and poker chips to be used to create three-dimensional graphs of the data.

v    6 King Size Bags of Skittles for buzz bugs activity

v    7 Boxes with lids

v    25 Colored Pencils

v    25 Overhead Transperancies

v    25 Pieces of Big Paper