IB ESS 3.1 Population Dynamics QSI E08
Read: Chapter 8
Biozone:
p 89-90 Population Age structure
p.91-92 World Population growth
p. 93 Human Demography
p. 94 Life Expectancy & Survivorship
p. 95 Human Sustainability
Calculation methods: http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/training/mentor/population-research/pap/lesson-3
Biozone:
p 89-90 Population Age structure
p.91-92 World Population growth
p. 93 Human Demography
p. 94 Life Expectancy & Survivorship
p. 95 Human Sustainability
Calculation methods: http://www.cpc.unc.edu/measure/training/mentor/population-research/pap/lesson-3
Internal Assessment - GEOSIM: using a simulation to study the impact of limiting factors on population growth.
Criteria assessed: DCP - DCE.
http://geosim.cs.vt.edu/Java/IntlPop/IntlPop.html
Data and data analysis:
http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/current/lectures/pop_socio/pop_socio.html
http://www.globalchange.umich.edu/globalchange2/current/lectures/human_pop/human_pop.html
A TOK approach to population growth and evolution:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hvqp9xfzzeo
Review Video Part 1 .1 & .2
Part 2 .3 &.4
Hans Rosling on global population growth
The world's population will grow to 9 billion over the next 50 years -- and only by raising the living standards of the poorest can we check population growth. This is the paradoxical answer that Hans Rosling unveils at TED@Cannes using colorful new data display technology (you'll see).
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_on_global_population_growth.html
Hans Rosling: The good news of the decade?
Hans Rosling reframes 10 years of UN data with his spectacular visuals, lighting up an astonishing -- mostly unreported -- piece of front-page-worthy good news: We're winning the war against child mortality. Along the way, he debunks one flawed approach to stats that blots out such vital stories.
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_the_good_news_of_the_decade.html
http://www.ted.com/talks/hans_rosling_the_good_news_of_the_decade.html
Articles for Discussion
Japan's population to drop by 1 million each year in coming decades, experts sayBy 2060, Japan will have just 87 million people — compared to 128 million today http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/46187200/ns/world_news-asia_pacific/#.Tyadf5jfCR0