Science Buddies
Science Buddies: It's Crowded in Here! A Study of Plant Population Density
Like humans, plants can be negatively affected by overcrowding. Unlike humans, plants cannot get up and move to a new environment or explore how to utilize new resources. This experiment will explore the effects of crowding (population...
National Geographic
National Geographic: Population Density in the United States
Several factors contribute to the population trends across the United States. This lesson will explore maps to discover and understand these trends.
Curated OER
U. Of Texas: Sri Lanka: Ethnic Communities; Population Density; Land Use
Three great maps of Sri Lanka on one page. You can see the ethnic groups and religions on one map, the population density of the country on another, and the land use and economic activity on the third. From the Perry-Castaneda Collection
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Population Density: How Much Space Do You Have?
Students learn about population density within environments and ecosystems. They determine the density of a population and think about why population density and distribution information is useful to engineers for city planning and...
Mangahigh
Mangahigh: Shape: Population Density
Test your knowledge of population density by determining the number of people per square unit.
Geographypods
Geographypods: Theme 1: Population and Settlement
A rich collection of highly engaging learning modules on topics related to population and settlement. Covers six main areas - population growth, population change, population migration, land use, settlement characteristics and patterns,...
US Census Bureau
Population Pyramids
Visual representations of population distribution by age and sex for any country.
United Nations
United Nations: Dept. Of Social and Economic Affairs: Population Division
United Nations information on population issues of the world. Examples include long-range population projections, international migration, and population charts and graphs.
Other
Population
Population directly effects our everyday lives in many ways. Explore the effects of population by learning about population density, population distribution, and population change.
CPALMS
Cpalms: Population of Utah
[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a formative assessment task where students are asked to estimate the population of Utah based on information given about its population density and the perimeter of its state boundaries. Samples...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Population Size, Density, and Distribution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will identify and understand the significance of size, density and distribution in the population of organisms.
US Census Bureau
U.s. Census Bureau: Population Change and Distribution [Pdf]
This U.S. Census Web site gives current and past information on population changes and distribution. Must have an Adobe Reader to access.
University of Richmond
Digital Scholarship Lab: Voting America: White Population Density, 1840 2000
This map shows population change among whites in US counties, 1840 to 2000. Each dot represents 500 people. Corresponding historical events and elections are included for each period of time.
University of Richmond
Digital Scholarship Lab: African American Population Density, 1840 2000
This interactive map shows the African-American population change in U.S. counties from 1840 to 2000. Each dot represents 500 people. Corresponding historical events are included for each period of time.
Association of Religion Data Archives
Association of Religion Data Archives: u.s. Population Density Map
Interactive tool that lets you choose a map (Census or Religion), then choose demographic or religious profiles to create a slideshow.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Population Size, Density, and Distribution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of population size, density, and distribution.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Episd: Population Growth Patterns
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Check out the patterns of population growth and recognize the exponential and logistic growth similarities and differences.
Curated OER
Map/still:population Density of Spain.
A map showing the population density of Spain from the online edition of Encyclopedia Britannica.
Palomar Community College District
Palomar College: Principles of Population Growth
An excellent interactive review from Palomar College of population growth and how it can be described. Try out the interactive calculators of population size.
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Simple Population Space Usage
Using data on population, land area, and house size, students will investigate how much space is used by people in Texas compared to the population of the world, and how much space would be required to give everyone in the world the...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Illuminations: State Data Map
Data can be displayed in a variety of ways. This interactive map of the United States shows data by degrees of color. Choose to display data such as: land area, population, population density, gas use, and much more.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: African Lions: Modeling Populations
Learn to distinguish between exponential and logistic growth of populations, identify carrying capacity, differentiate density-dependent and density-independent limiting factors, apply population models to data sets and determine...
Other
Demographia
Tables of China's per capita income, gross domestic product, and population density by regions, administrative districts and other areas.
Other
Sur Del Sur: Homepage
The site from Sur del Sur provides extensive information about the current population of Argentina.
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