Global Population & Me!
To kick off this unit on population, we're going to be taking a look at this amazing site.
Load up the page and then enter your date of birth and country of origin. Follow the instructions on the task sheet below to find out about your potential life expectancy and how that varies around the world. Are you ready to know you potential death date?
Load up the page and then enter your date of birth and country of origin. Follow the instructions on the task sheet below to find out about your potential life expectancy and how that varies around the world. Are you ready to know you potential death date?
Who Is This?
Task 1 - Study the face above. On your worksheet, write down who you think this person is and perhaps write a little bit about him/her.
What nationality?
What age?
Which gender?
How you know this person - because you've all met him/her?
Why is the image so grainy?
What nationality?
What age?
Which gender?
How you know this person - because you've all met him/her?
Why is the image so grainy?
Task 2 - Watch the first video below noting down as many facts as possible on the face worksheet in task 1.
Discuss the issues that are most important to us today. Will life be the same in 100 years from now? What might change?
Task 3 - Now watch the second video below that charts the global population growth. Some of you may have seen this before.
Task 4 - You will be completing a piece of work from geographyalltheway.com.
Click here to be taken to the relevant section of the site.
Complete your answers on the worksheet below.
To find out the population when you were born on the worksheet above, click here!
Task 5 - Google Research Time - What are the causes and effects of rapid population growth.
Complete the worksheet below, following the tasks that are set out.
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Task 6 - Watch the 45 minute video by clicking on the image above - How Many People Can Live on Planet Earth?
Use the work sheet above to complete the activities during the video. The activities are in chronological order.
Print out the sheet and work on it in front of the computer/TV as you watch the documentary.
Overpopulation & Underpopulation
Objective: To show an understanding of the factors that lead to the under and over population of two contrasting countries.
Starter: Spend 5 minutes playing with this super 3D mapping visualisation that shows the most densely population parts of planet. Fly over Bangladesh & Australia to contrast both places.
Overpopulation is when there is not enough resources for the inhabitants in an area. Inevitably this leads to famine, water and electricity shortages, increased unemployment.
Class Activity - Brainstorm the issues that may arise because of overpopulation in Bangladesh. Use the worksheet below. |
Under population is when there is more resources than inhabitants in an area. Surplus in food and water results in wastes. Societal systems such as schools and hospitals will then not have enough demand to run at a sustainable level. So the cost per capita for the service will increase.
Class Activity - Brainstorm the issues that may arise because of underpopulation in Australia. Use the worksheet below. |
Optimum population is when there is enough resources for the number of inhabitants (population demand for goods is equal to the supply). The optimum population will also be influenced by developments in technology, demographic structure changes, as trade opportunities develop/falter, and as new raw materials are discovered to replace old ones which are exhausted or whose values change over time
Task 1 - Using the theory above (taken from Cool Geography and Revise Geography Weebly), work in pairs to create two separate infographics with Piktochart, Powerpoint or Canva to show the causes and effects of both overpopulation on Bangladesh and under population on Australia.
Exam Corner:
Using an example place, explain how the relationship between population and resources can cause overpopulation/underpopulation.
You should use examples were possible [7 Marks ]
Population & the 2D's!
Download and work on one of the worksheets above. You will use it to complete the next 7 tasks as set out in the space below. Please use the hyperlinks and embedded images to help you to complete the activities.
Think you live in a small house? Check this out from The Guardian
Source: Gifer.com
Population Growth Trends
Task 1 - Make a note of the following reasons for population growth, on your worksheet.
1. Contraception - People are now able to choose when to have children (family planning)
2. Lower fertility rates - Parents realise that their children will survive past their first birthday due to medical advancements
3. Anti-Natalist policies - The former 'One Child Policy' in China aimed at cutting the fertility rate to below 2
4. Career Women - Now deciding to postpone starting family to focus on forging a career path and earning money
5. Children cost a lot! - It can cost upwards of $200,000 to bring up a child until they turn 18 years old!
Population Distribution
Don't believe everything you see though. This is the visualization, but we have to check it out. The countries in the circle are .
China: 1,349,585,838 people (per the Census again)
India: 1,220,800,359
Indonesia: 251,160,124
Bangladesh: 163,654,860
Japan: 127,253,075
Philippines: 105,720,644
Vietnam: 92,477,857
Thailand: 67,448,120
Burma: 55,167,330
South Korea: 48,955,203
Nepal: 30,430,267
Malaysia: 29,628,392
North Korea: 24,720,407
Taiwan: 23,299,716
Sri Lanka: 21,675,648
Cambodia: 15,205,539
Laos: 6,695,166
Mongolia: 3,226,516
Bhutan: 725,296
… which adds up to a grand total of 3,637,830,357, or roughly 51.4 percent of the global population of 7,083,460,000 (May 2013)
Task 2
i. Study the graphic and data above. In the space on your worksheet, identify the three most populous countries in this circle.
ii. Try to identify three issues that could be caused by having such a high concentration of population in this area (circle).
China: 1,349,585,838 people (per the Census again)
India: 1,220,800,359
Indonesia: 251,160,124
Bangladesh: 163,654,860
Japan: 127,253,075
Philippines: 105,720,644
Vietnam: 92,477,857
Thailand: 67,448,120
Burma: 55,167,330
South Korea: 48,955,203
Nepal: 30,430,267
Malaysia: 29,628,392
North Korea: 24,720,407
Taiwan: 23,299,716
Sri Lanka: 21,675,648
Cambodia: 15,205,539
Laos: 6,695,166
Mongolia: 3,226,516
Bhutan: 725,296
… which adds up to a grand total of 3,637,830,357, or roughly 51.4 percent of the global population of 7,083,460,000 (May 2013)
Task 2
i. Study the graphic and data above. In the space on your worksheet, identify the three most populous countries in this circle.
ii. Try to identify three issues that could be caused by having such a high concentration of population in this area (circle).
Objective: To describe the factors influencing the density and distribution of population
Study the map to the right hand side carefully. It shows an alternative view of the world based on population distribution. The more inflated the country, the more people live there and visa versa.
Complete the following two tasks on your worksheet.
Task 3 - What does Population Distribution mean?
Task 4 - What does Population Density mean?
Task 5 - Write a good quality description of the distribution of the world’s most populous countries. Try to identify countries that have swelled hugely and those that have almost disappeared.
Study the map to the right hand side carefully. It shows an alternative view of the world based on population distribution. The more inflated the country, the more people live there and visa versa.
Complete the following two tasks on your worksheet.
Task 3 - What does Population Distribution mean?
Task 4 - What does Population Density mean?
Task 5 - Write a good quality description of the distribution of the world’s most populous countries. Try to identify countries that have swelled hugely and those that have almost disappeared.
Map of the world - inflated to show high populations numbers & deflated to show low population numbers.
Click on this link to be taken to an excellent interactive site showing population density and distribution characteristics globally for the year 2015.
Task 6 - Population density is influenced by a number of factors. Try to explain why the following factors are important in determining whether people can survive in an area or not:
1. Availability of freshwater.
2. Communications (roads, railways, airports).
3. Proximity to the coastline.
4. Cities and their opportunities.
5. The shape (relief) of the land.
Task 7 - Using the embedded map on the worksheet, highlight two different parts of the world where each of the four factors is / is not available.
Task 6 - Population density is influenced by a number of factors. Try to explain why the following factors are important in determining whether people can survive in an area or not:
1. Availability of freshwater.
2. Communications (roads, railways, airports).
3. Proximity to the coastline.
4. Cities and their opportunities.
5. The shape (relief) of the land.
Task 7 - Using the embedded map on the worksheet, highlight two different parts of the world where each of the four factors is / is not available.
Future Population Growth & Africa
Homework Task - Download and listen to the BBC Podcast above (25 minutes) or here
There are four parts to the podcast. Using the summary sheet below, summarise the message in each part into no more than 50 words (so, that is 200 words in total).
Population Key Words & Definitions
Objective: To recognise and define six key population terms and to be able to use the CIA World Fact Book to search for up to date and reliable data.
Densely & Sparsely Populated Areas
Objective: To find out what physical factors lead to densely and sparsely populated areas of earth.
Population density is normally worked out using the following formula:
Total Population / Total Land Area = Total Population Per Square KM.
Densely populated areas are where many people live and sparsely populated areas are where few people live.
Part 1 - Densely Populated Places - Hong Kong
Watch either of the 10 minute videos below that will introduce you to a place in the world that has an exceptionally high population density, as well as challenging levels of poverty.
Population density is normally worked out using the following formula:
Total Population / Total Land Area = Total Population Per Square KM.
Densely populated areas are where many people live and sparsely populated areas are where few people live.
Part 1 - Densely Populated Places - Hong Kong
Watch either of the 10 minute videos below that will introduce you to a place in the world that has an exceptionally high population density, as well as challenging levels of poverty.
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Task 1 - Click on the photos above and study them carefully. Choose the photo that you are drawn to and copy it into a Word Document. Annotate it with as much information as possible. Include:
what it is?
who are these people?
where in the world is this?
why is it like this?
what are the challenges posed by this place?
Source
what it is?
who are these people?
where in the world is this?
why is it like this?
what are the challenges posed by this place?
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Part 2 - Sparsely Populated Places - (low population density) Task 2 - Choose two of the images to the right hand side that show areas of the world that have low population densities. Click to enlarge. Copy and paste them into the Task 2 word document above and complete the activities. Task 3 - Review your learning. What are the physical and human factors that cause high and low population densities? Complete the activities on the worksheet below. Task 4 - Personal Geography - Go to Google and find your house on the satellite view map. Do you live in a sparsely or densely populated area, and why? What evidence can you find for this on your map and perhaps even on Google Streetview? |
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The New Delhi Issue
Optional Task (small groups) - You work for a marketing firm who have been employed by the Governor of New Delhi, India. As you have seen from the previous task, the city experiences the highest population growth of all global mega cities.
Check out this amazing interactive map that shows the extent of growth of the city between 1989 - 2018.
Please complete the tasks using this instruction sheet.
Check out this amazing interactive map that shows the extent of growth of the city between 1989 - 2018.
Please complete the tasks using this instruction sheet.
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