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- 9th - 12th
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Students locate and extract census data. They produce population density maps of the United States in different scales and analyze population density maps by observing patterns and drawing conclusions. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 9th
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Students make calculations of population density to recognize the stressful conditions experienced by European ghetto dwellers due to high population density and scarcity of resources. Full Review »
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- 7th
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Students research population density and create maps based on their findings. Full Review »
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- Kindergarten - 5th
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Students participate in a simulation using four chairs to investigate area and population density. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students acquire census information and create maps of the population density of the United States on different scales. They role play the roles of workers of a retail company and they use the population data to market to their customers. Full Review »
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- 4th - 12th
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Students examine the concept of population density and then discuss the significance of the population densities of Minnesota and China. They figure the population density of their school. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students research and describe Canadian demographics focusing on population density in various cities. They access current information using the Internet, take a quiz, complete worksheets and gain practice using an Atlas. Full Review »
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- 9th - 12th
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Students discuss the following terms and their definitions: zero population growth, population density, demographics, urban sprawl, census, immigration, migration, infrastructure, population booms, megacities, birthrate, death rate, fertility rate (FR), growth rate, natural increase, and net increase. They start a glossary, which they add to and use as a reference. Full Review »
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- 6th - 8th
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Students investigate how a population of fish multiplies in an ecosystem and the kinds of things that must be done to maintain a healthy population balance with other organisms that live there. They conduct an experiment to test the limiting factors in a population of goldfish. Full Review »
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- 3rd - 8th
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Students locate the areas of human settlement in Connecticut before, during, and after European settlement. They explain why humans settled in the areas they did and predict what human population density will look like in Connecticut in the future. Full Review »

