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Framework
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Topic outline
Click the linked topics below for additional
resources
| Human
Systems |
| 1. Human well-being and environmental
quality |
a. Interdependence
b. Sustainability |
| 2. Consumption and natural resources |
a. Population -
world population,
exponential growth,
birth/death rate,
age
structure, migration,
historical patterns |
| 3. Effects of natural resource
consumption |
a. Social development - affluence,
health,
culture, economic growth
b. Resource distribution - food/water
distribution, nourishment, wealth gap
c. Waste - reduce, reuse,
recycle, refuse;
toxic waste; pollution
d. Cultural diversity threats
e. Variability - socioeconomic status, race,
culture, ethnicity, etc. |
| 4. Addressing effects |
a. Education -
empowerment of women,
needs hierarchy
b. Political action -
laws,
lobbying,
environmental justice
c. Ecomanagement - trail building,
recycling,
ecosystem restoration
d. Legal action - lawsuits, law enforcement
e. Lifestyle choices - ecological footprint,
consumer choices
f. Community involvement -
service learning,
ecomunicipalities |
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RESOURCES
| Consumption and natural resources - Population -
world population |
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Human Population (web site)
Source:
Galen Huntington, UC Berkley PhD Candidate
Web site
This website is a population clock providing a
second by second mathematical update of the current human
population. It also gives viewers the opportunity to look at
future population numbers. It can be used to spark some
interesting discussion about current and future populations. |
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The People Bomb (video)
Source: CNN
VHS: $52.22 at
Amazon.com
Borrow from
WCEE EE Resources Library
The People Bomb is a set of
10-15 minute CNN news reports about several dimensions of global
demographic explosion in 13 (mostly third world) countries.
Although from 1998, this video provides vivid information about
population growth and control. It is an excellent resource to
present when covering population and development issues. There
are several broadcasts that apply to the impact of population
growth on our environment and quality of life in our habitats.
This is particularly effective and eye opening for students in
focused on a materialistic world. |
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Population Pyramids (activity)
Source: Anita Sundstrom,
Oregon School District and Population Connection
Adapted Instructions (MS Word)
Student Sheet (MS Word)
Original Activity (PDF)
The purpose of this brief lesson
is to help students understand population distribution worldwide
and compare different areas of the world. Also, discussion
allows students to begin to understand how this information
might help one analyze current and future needs based on growth.
Students create their own population pyramids. |
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World Population (video)
Source:
Population Connection
DVD: $20.00 from
Population Connection
Borrow from
WCEE EE Resources Library
This 7 minute video provides a
graphic simulation of human population growth. As the years roll
by on a digital clock from 1 A.D. to 2030, dots light up on an
illustrated map to represent millions of people added to the
population. Historic references on the screen place population
changes in context. |
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