1. Ms. Blalock, Ms. Hartsell and Mr. Luckman
8.1 Population Growth
Ms. Blalock, Ms. Hartsell and Mr. Luckman

2. Do Now (3 minutes)
Should there be a limit to how many children a woman can have?
Think back to the article that talked about women in Nigeria who had up to 12 kids.

3. AIM and Agenda
AIM: How can population growth impact both you and the environment negatively?
Agenda
1. Do Now
2. Hook: video
3. INM: Introduction to Human Population Growth
4. Activity 1: Causes of Population Growth
5. Activity 2: Consequences
6. Activity 3: Solutions
7. Exit Ticket

4. Hook: Video (5 min)
Directions: Silently watch the following video and respond to the question below.
What are two interesting facts that you learned from the video?
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5. Think, Pair, Share (3 min)
How could this continuous increase of the human population be negative on the environment?

6. Unit 8: Human Impact (2 min)
Questions to think about as we explore this unit:
1. Is the damage done to our planet irreversible?
2. How do you negatively and positively affect the environment?
3. Is it our duty to preserve the environment for the next generation?

7. Terms to Know Exponential: very fast, rapid increase
Finite: having limits or bounds
Deplete: use up resources; decrease in number

8. INM: Human Population Growth (3-5 min)
Since the 1800’s the human population has been exponentially increasing
Meaning that the human population has been increasing rapidly
1800: 1 billion
1927: 2 billion
1960: 3 billion
1974: 4 billion
1987: 5 billion
1999: 6 billion

9. Make a prediction…
What do you think the population will be in 2050?

10. 9 billion Make a prediction…
What do you think the population will be in 2050?
9 billion

11. Graph: Human Population

12. Graph: Human Population Growth

13. Activity 1: Causes
Directions: Using the information from the PowerPoint, respond to the questions concerning the causes of human population growth.
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Unit 8 Human Impact
8-1 Activity 1: Causes
You will have 8-10 minutes.

14. Activity 2: Negative Impacts
Directions: Using the information from the PowerPoint, respond to the questions concerning the negative impacts of human population growth.
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Unit 8 Human Impact
8.1 Activity 2: Consequences
You will have 8-10 minutes

15. Activity 3: Solutions (15 minutes)
Directions: Read the following article about the “One Child Policy” in China and respond to the following question.
You will have 15 minutes

16. Discussion
Speaker’s List 1. 2. 3. 4.

17. Exit Ticket