| 3.1 Population Dynamics |
| 3.1.1 Describe the nature and explain the implications of exponential growth in human populations. |
| 3.1.2 Calculate and explain, from given data, the values of crude birth rate, crude death rate, fertility, doubling time, and natural increase rate. |
| 3.1.3 Analyze age/sex pyramids and diagrams showing demographic transition models. |
3.1.4 Discuss the use of models in predicting the growth of human populations.
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Watch how fast our population is growing in real time! |
| Human Population Growth through history |
| The Habitable Planet: Human Population Dynamics Video |
| Crash Course: Human Population Growth |
| When will we run out of space? Human Population Growth |
| World Bank Data on Crude birth and Death rates |
| Population Pyramids |
| Interactive World Population Pyramid |
| US Census Bureau Database for World Population Data |
| PPT Human Populations |
| 3.2 Resources - Natural Capital |
| 3.2.1 Explain the concept of resources in terms of natural income. |
| 3.2.2 Define the terms renewable, replensihable, and non-renewable natural capital. |
| 3.2.3 Explain the dynamic nature of the concept of a resource. |
| 3.2.4 Discuss the view that the environment can have its own intrinsic value. |
| 3.2.5 Explain the concept of sustainability in terms of natural capital and natural income. |
| 3.2.6 Discuss the concept of sustainable development. |
3.2.7 Calculate and explain sustainable yield from given data.
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Natural Resources and Natural Income |
| Renewable & Non-renewable Resources |
| Video Lesson: Natural Capital |
| UN Sustainable Development Site |
| Sustainable Yield |
| PPT Resources and Natural Capital |
| 3.3 Energy Resources |
| 3.3.1 Outline the range of energy resources available to society. |
| 3.3.2 Evaluate the advantages and disadvantages of two contrasting energy sources. |
3.3.3 Discuss the factors that affect the choice of energy sources adopted by different societies.
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Energy Resources |
| Comparing Energy Resources |
| Alternative Energy for the 21 Century |
| National Geographic - Alternative Energy |
| PPT 3.3 Energy Resources |
| 3.4 The Soil System |
| 3.4.1 Outline how soil systems integrate aspecs of living systems. |
| 3.4.2 Compare and contrast the structure and properties of sand, clay, and loam soils, including their effec on primary productivity. |
| 3.4.3 Outline the processes and consequences of soil degradation. |
| 3.4.4 Outline soil conservation measures. |
3.4.5 Evaluate soil management strategies in a named commercial farming system and in a named subsistence farming system.
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Video Lesson: The Soil System |
| Soil Basics |
| 6 Types of Soils - Yes, a gardening site |
| Managing Soil Health |
| Soil Erosion and Degradation WWF |
| Soil Management |
| Virtual Soil Labs |
| PPT 3.4 The Soil System |
| Video Lesson: The Soil System |
| 3.5 Food Resources |
| 3.5.1 Outline the issues involved in the imbalance in global food supply. |
| 3.5.2 Compare and contrast the efficiency of terrestiral and aquatic food production systems. |
| 3.5.3 Compare and contrast the inputs and outputs of materials and energy (enrgy efficiency), the system characteristics, and evaluate the relative environmental impacts for two named food production systems. |
3.5.4 Discuss the links that exist between soical systems and food production systems.
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PPT 3.5 Food Resources |
| Assignment: Comparing Food Production Systems |
| Comparing Terrestrial and Aquatic Food Production Systems |
| Where does our food come from? Interesting site |
| Ethical Questions of Equitable Worldwide Food Production Systems |
| Types of Agriculture: Industrialized and Subsistence Agriculture |
| World Food Program |
| National Geographic: Feeding the World |
| MIT Mission 2014: Feeding the World |
| 3.6 Water Resources |
| 3.6.1 Describe the Earth's water budget. |
3.6.2 Describe and evaluate the sustainability of freshwater resource usage with reference to a case study.
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Why Should We Care About Water? Video |
| PPT 3.6 Water Resources |
| NASA: Global Water Budget |
| USGS Water Resources |
| Video: Is Bottled Water Better? |
| Video: Fun Rap to Review Water Cycle |
| 3.7 Limits to Growth |
| 3.7.1 Explain the difficulties in applying the concept of carrying capacity to local human populations. |
3.7.2 Explain how absolute reductions in energy and material use, reuse, and recycling can affect human carrying capacity.
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PPT 3.7 Limits to Growth |
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Crash Course: Human Population Growth |
| 3.8 Environmental Demands of Human Populations |
| 3.8.1 Explain the concept of an ecological footprint as a model for assesssing the demands that human populations make on their environment. |
| 3.8.2 Calculate from appropriate data the ecological footprint of a given population, stating the approximations and assumptions involved. |
| 3.8.3 Describe and explain the differences between the ecological footprints of two human populations, one from an LEDC and one from an MEDC. |
| 3.8.4 Discuss how national and international development policies and cultural influences can affect human population dynamics and growth. |
3.8.5 Describe and explain the relationship between population, resource consumption, and technological development, and their influence on carrying capacity and material economic growth.
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PPT 3.7 & 3.8 Human Impacts |
| Ecological Footprints Assignment |
| What is an ecological footprint? |
| Ecological Footprints by Country |
| UN Millennium Goals |
| Crash Course: Human Impacts on the Environment |
| Bozman Science: Overview of Human Impacts |
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