Lesson plan

Population Density: Whew, That’s Close!


GeoSTEM

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.

Duration

1-2 class periods

Author

Michael
Baron

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

Teacher Instructions

BaronPopulationT.pdf (187.15 KB)

Student Materials

BaronPopulationS.pdf (106.36 KB)
World-at.pdf (294.64 KB)

Materials To Assist Teachers and English Language Learners

Supplemental Files