Describe global population growth including the present size of the world's population and the changes in its rate of change over time.
Describe and link Birth Rate, Death Rate, Natural Increase and Natural Decrease and relate their relative levels to countries of different levels of development.
Produce and interpret population pyramids. Relate the shape of population pyramids to levels of development and aging / youthful populations.
Show an understanding of population density.
Discuss the reasons for why people migrate.
Classify resources as being either finite/non-renewable or flow/renewable.
Discuss their ecological footprint, the ecological footprint of people in other countries and how their ecological footprint could be reduced.
Key Skills
Graph skills - production of population pyramids by hand and using Excel.
The production and interpretation of choropleth maps.
Key Vocabulary
birth rate, death rate, natural increase, natural decrease, population pyramid, life expectancy, population density, choropleth map, migration, refugee, resources, recycle, finite, non-renewable, flow, renewable, ecological footprint.
