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| Members: Tom Crop (Bridgewater-Raritan High School), Chris Bellotti (Hunterdon Central Regional
High School), Mary Tricarico (Westfield High School), Eric Davis (Rutgers University), Elizabeth Downing (Hunterdon
Central Regional High School), Keith Dennison (Hunterdon Central Regional High School), Rebecca McLelland (Perth
Amboy High School) |
POPULATION:
- Kofi Annan's Astonishing Facts! By Barbara Crossette September
27, 1998 NY Times
- Population Density Graphs
- United Nations Development Programme
http://www.undp.org/
This website was developed in order to inform global citizens about poverty around the world. It contains
the "Human Development Report" for 2001 as well as current press releases and information by region.
- Population Reference Bureau
http://www.prb.org/
The Population Reference Bureau Website has current articles with regards to population as well as a data
finder which gives customized statistics by country and region. Use the following address to order or
browse the World Population Data Sheets for 2002 (http://www.prb.org/pubs/wpds2000/) These
statistics
can be used with the suggested lesson on Population Data. It also has an "Educators Forum" which
gives "tools for teaching about population issues, trends and their implications." This site also
includes a glossary of popular population terms and vocabulary.
- Women and Population
http://www.fao.org/waicent/faoinfo/sustdev/WPdirect/WPhomepg.htm
"This site is a section of Sustainable Development DIMENSIONS, a service of the Sustainable Development
Department (SD) of the FAO. The information here consists of news, analysis and resources on gender-population
concerns, especially in rural areas.
- UNEP.net (United Nations Environment Program)
http://www.unep.net
The site includes environmental news, national and regional environmental profiles, an atlas of protected
areas, integrated applications that query and generate reports and maps from remote environmental databases
and servers, featured resources on water, climate, land, biodiversity, and on emerging issues such as
global forest and wildfires, and early warning of natural disasters worldwide. Links are made to related
sites. Keyword and geographic search functions are also included.
- CIA World Factbook
http://www.odci.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
The CIA World Fact Book has reference maps, notes and definitions, and country listings. The country
listing section includes maps, flags, and information about the geography, people, government, economy,
communications, transportation, and military of certain nations.
- The World Bank
http://www.worldbank.org/data/
The World Bank web page gives country data information as well as sample maps and goals for development.
It also gives world development indicators and ways to work with data.
- United Nations Population Information Network (POPIN)
http://www.un.org/popin
This web page gives information on World Population Trends such as Mortality and Migration, Fertility
and Family Planning, and World Population Estimates and Projections as well as Population Policies. It
also gives data at a glance on information such as international migration policies, abortion policies,
and world contraceptive use in 1998 as well as world fertility patterns from 1997. This is an excellent
source for charts and graphs of recent population data.
- United Nations Web Site
http://www.un.org
This web site is a great resource for links to country data regarding population.
- Population Connection
http://www.populationconnection.org/
This website estimates the current world population and the current U.S. population. This website also
has a link for educators. It also has current and up to date articles on population and population growth
around the world. You can also order the "World Population" Video (Millenium Edition) here for
$19.95. This 7 minute video simulates human population growth as the years roll by with lights on an illustrated
map. It also comes with a 12 page Activities guide.
WATER
DEFORESTATION
- United States Environmental Protection Agency
http://www.epa.gov/globalwarming/kids/gw.html
The EPA site includes exciting and informative information on the topic of global warming for children. It explains
the Greenhouse Effect, Global Warming, and Climate change. The site also has a page which includes ways
that students can make a difference.
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