Columbia University
Nasa: Sedac: Population Distribution and Change
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of forty-nine data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine the distribution of human populations around the world and the changes that have taken place in...
Other
America's Civil War: Population Distribution of the Future Confederate States
Provides information on the 1860 Population distribution of the the eleven future Confederate states after the Civil War.
US Census Bureau
Population Pyramids
Visual representations of population distribution by age and sex for any country.
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,...
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.
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.
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.
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
Us Census Bureau: Population Pyramid Graph for Canada
Graphs showing the population pyramids of Canada from the year 2018. Shows a comparison of males versus females.
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.
Missouri State University
Missouri State University: Introductory Statistics: The Sampling Distribution
A review is provided at the start of this resource, then the more specific discussion of sampling distributions gets under way. Graphs are provided for ease in understanding the material.
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...
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Human Geography: Population
Learning module for AP Human Geography course explores population, including factors affecting distribution and growth.
Other
Fayetteville State Univ.: Sampling Distributions
A detailed explanation of statistical sampling distributions is provided here. Several graphs are attached to aid in understanding. The sampling distribution of the mean and the Central Limit Theorem are also discussed at this site.
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...
Other
Texas Population Growth, Projections, and Implications [Pdf]
A report analyzing the population changes that have occurred in Texas since the middle of the 20th century, and the expected projections for the future. It breaks the numbers down by race and ethnicity to show that Hispanics will...
Texas Education Agency
Texas Gateway: A Single Population Mean Using the Normal Distribution
This lesson explains how to calculate and interpret the confidence interval for a population mean. It also looks at the effect on the confidence interval of changing the confidence level or sample size. It then explains how to find the...
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College
Serc: Using an Applet to Demonstrate a Sampling Distribution
In this activity students are exposed to the concept of sampling distributions by creating an example as a class. By having the students assemble the data, they can more readily understand that a sampling distribution is made up of a...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The Normal Distribution
In this activity, students will apply the normal density function, normal cumulative distribution function, and inverse normal cumulative function to analyze a population with a normal distribution.
Columbia University
Nasa: Sedac: Urbanization and Human Settlements
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of twenty data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine urbanization in major metropolitan areas of the United States in the late 20th and the early 21st...
Other
Virtual Museum of Labrador: People
Discover the varied and diversified people that make up the population of Labrador. The four separate cultures include the Inuit, the Innu, the Metis, and the Settlers. Learn all about them.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Population Distributions in Africa, 1920
A map from 1920 of Africa and Madagascar showing the population distribution in the region, keyed to show densities ranging from under 2 persons per square mile to over 250 persons per square mile.
Curated OER
Etc: Maps Etc: Population Distributions in Asia , 1920
A map from 1920 showing the population distributions in Asia.
US Census Bureau
U.s. Census Bureau: Population Clocks
This U.S. Census Bureau Web site has two population clocks with notes available. One clock shows the population increase for the United States. The other shows the world population increase.