Population
resources
Population Connection
http://www.populationconnection.org/
Population Education
http://www.populationeducation.org
Content standards for population education by state:
http://www.populationeducation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=333&Itemid=12
Find how many planets it would take if everyone on earth enjoyed
your
lifestyle
http://www.myfootprint.org
PBS Nova -- The World in Balance
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/worldbalance/
An Inconvenient Truth
http://www.climatecrisis.net
The Breathing Earth
http://www.breathingearth.net
300,000,000 Wall chart Activities
http://www.populationeducation.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=335&Itemid=2
Materials to purchase from Population Connection
http://www.populationeducation.org/pages/0,productlist,productlist,00.ecs
U. S. Census Bureau -- population clocks and teacher materials
http://www.census.gov
http://www.census.gov/dmd/www/teachers.html
Population Reference Bureau (a teacher friendly site)
http://www.prb.org
Facing the Future (outstanding lesson plans)
http://www.facingthefuture.org
Brad Bowerman's Population Page -- a mine of resources for
geography
and population
Read many population pyramids on Bowerman's population links
http://geographyworldonline.com/population.html
Source: Risinger, C. F. (2006) "Teaching about the big
Three-O
(300 Million) using the Internet," Social Education, 70,
282-284.
Missa Luba Kyrie