2.1 Busy! And it will get busier!

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Welcome

• Phone in front of the class (in the phone bag).
• Laptop closed.
• Pen and paper on your desk to make notes AND a glossary.

2.1 Busy! And it will get busier!

Page 32 and 33 of the textbook.

1. Short instruction (10 min.)
2. Get to work with the book            (20 min.)
3. Calculations (10 min.)
4. Instruction practical assignment (10 min.)

What to expect from this chapter?

Learning goals of today

• You can point out on a map where densely populated and sparsely populated regions are located in the world.
• You can give an explanation for the high birth rate and low life expectancy in poor countries.
• You can calculate the population density of a country.
• You can work together and help each other to be able to make assignments.

In which areas do the people live close together?

TERMS

Population distribution: The way in which the population is divided over an area.

Population density: The number of inhabitants divided by the area of a country.

Which area is densely populated?

Get to work

Make groups of three and divide the work:

1. Read 'Population growth' on page 33.
   
2. Read 'Birth' on page 33.
   
3. Read 'Death' on page 33.
   

Then take five to ten minutes to tell each other about what you just learned.

1. Make assignment 5 on page 38 of the workbook.
2. Make assignment 3 on page 39 of the workbook.
3. Make assignment 4 on page 39 of the workbook.

Calculate the population density

Practical assignment

Read the assignment (hand-out) carefully.

Learning goals of today

• You can point out on a map where densely populated and sparsely populated regions are located in the world.
• You can give an explanation for the high birth rate and low life expectancy in poor countries.
• You can calculate the population density of a country.
• You can work together and help each other to be able to make assignments.
  

Next week

Homework: 2.1 assignment 3, 4 + 5

2.2 The population is growing and leaving

Work on practical assignment