Population Density: Whew, That’s Close!

GeoSTEM
Lesson Plan Content
Description: 
In this lesson, students will calculate population density of different countries and realize that there is a large spread between the lowest and highest statistics.
Author: 
Michael Baron
Grade Range: 
6
Duration: 
1-2 class periods
Lesson Materials
Teacher Instructions: 
application/pdf iconTeacher Instructions
Student Materials: 
application/pdf iconStudent Worksheets, Assessments, and Answer Keys
application/pdf iconWorld Map
Supplemental Files: 
image/jpeg iconPhotograph of a Very Small Town in Oregon
Standards
National Geography Standards: 
1: How to use maps and other geographic representations, tools, and technologies to acquire, process, and report information
2: How to use mental maps (a person's internalized picture of a part of Earth's surface) to organize information about people places, and environments
3: How to analyze the spatial organization of people places, and environments on Earth's surface
9: The characteristics, distribution and migration of human populations
18: How to apply geography to interpret the present and plan for the future