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The World Population Explosion

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High schoolers are introduced to some of the fundamental questions about the connections among population, resources and energy use, and environmental impacts. They explore population growth, interpret a line graph and calculate their own rate of growth.

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population density, population, population growth, overpopulation

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overpopulation, population density, population growth, social studies
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Grade
9th - 12th
Subjects
Social Studies & History
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5 days
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