Artist rendition of Overpopulation
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Family in the Philippines living in cramped conditions
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Procedures/Activities:
Day One:
- Instructor and Library Media Specialist will guide students in a class discussion on procedures for doing research on the Internet.
- Instruct student in the use of Gapminder World for population data. (Gapminder World is a graphing tool which used global data to create visually appealing graphs. Gapminder uses existing statistical data to improve understanding about global social issues).
- Students will be informed of the lesson topic and any new vocabulary. Guide students in reading the topic literature on Overpopulation
- Activate knowledge and intrigue by engaging students in a game of "One for All." This game involves students vying and competing for chips which can be traded for candy. When too many chips are taken, there are no rewards. Through a series of game rounds students learn to strategize in a cooperative manner with classmates to conserve and plan for chip replenishment, so everyone wins rewards at the end of each round. (2013 Population Connection)
Day Three:
List of Suggested Web Sites and Technologies:
www.http://world of 7billion.org
conserve-energy-future.com
Society for Protection of Environment (Scope.org)
Projector and Whiteboard
Laptops or PCs
Gapminder World
Concept Mapping tool
- Each member of a group is appointed to a leadership cabinet role of a Model County named Middle School Utopia. (Minister of Environmental Protection, Secretary of Health, Head of National Resource Management, Surgeon General, etc.
- Each group of students either presents their proposed solutions to overpopulation problems in a 10-minute presentation using graphs, drawings Internet images, OR
- Groups can perform a dramatic skit in which each member of the group first acts out the part of people and/or animals who have been affected by overpopulation. The group members then assume the role of of a public official (Minister of Environmental Protection, Secretary of Health, Head of National Resource Management, Surgeon General, etc. The scene is an emergency meeting of the World Conference on Overpopulation. Each public official announces to the world his/her solution to global problems stemming from overpopulation.
List of Suggested Web Sites and Technologies:
www.http://world of 7billion.org
conserve-energy-future.com
Society for Protection of Environment (Scope.org)
Projector and Whiteboard
Laptops or PCs
Gapminder World
Concept Mapping tool