Population Growth

How many people are in the United States? How many people are in the world? Today we started to think about how populations are distributed, what factors limit population growth and various types of survivorship curves.
At the start of class we checked out the U.S. and World Population Clock. The population numbers were written on the board while students worked independently on a summary packet for Chapter 52. At the end of class students predicted how the numbers changed, needless to say there was some surprise. Try it for yourself while you're watching your favorite TV show. Check the clock at the beginning of the hour and then at the end. While you are watching TV so many things are happening in the world that you aren't aware of. Pretty mind blowing.

Homework for both classes:
1. Finish the packet.

2. Find an article that talks about world population growth, the population policy of a country of your choice or something along those lines. Write a summary of your article and your reaction to it.