Friday's class / MONDAY'S WORK

I hope you enjoyed searching out information in the CIA World Factbook.  Hopefully all of you are able to better navigate your way around the site.  Your blog for today's class can include some of the interesting facts your classmates presented, as well as any conclusions you may have reached.

MONDAY'S CLASS:

Since I will not be in class Monday, I would like Sections 3 and 6 to learn some introductory material regarding Population Pyramids.

A great place to start is this video.  TED talks are very informative, and this one gives a great explanation of Population Pyramids.  Slip on your earbuds and check it out.

The World Life Expectancy organization used data from the World Heath Organization, the World Bank, UNESCO, and the CIA (some truly legit sources) to put together some interactive Population Pyramids.  Go here to see what the pyramids look like for any country on earth, from 1950 to 2050.

After you watch / listen / peruse the pyramids, check your comprehension by answering these questions:

1. According to the Population Reference Bureau's "2013 World Population Data Sheet", 271 are born every minute, and 106 die every minute. That's a global net population increase of 165 per minute. This lesson was published on May 5th. What's the estimated global population increase exactly one week later (May 12th)?  A: over 10 million       B: 20,739      C: 1155    D: 1,663,200    
2. As a country slows in population growth, its pyramid shape will  A: become wider at the base and narrower at the top         B: be inverted          C: become more rectangular            D: bulge in the middle
3. What does a Population Pyramid NOT give you information about?    A: birth rates         B: actual number of people        C: life expectancy         D: death rates
4. Which continent would have the most fast-growth pyramids?   A: Africa         B:  Asia          C: North America         D: South America

Finally... curious about what the population of the world is right now?  Or how many people have been born so far today?  How many people have died so far today?  Or what the world's population was on the day you were born?  It's all right here.