A Comparative Study of the Demography of Human Populations

 

Ralph Preszler

Tested Studies in Laboratory Teaching, 2003, Volume 24

Abstract

In this exercise students evaluate and discuss the social implications of biological information and principles. Each small group collects demographic data about a country of their choice from three databases. They use Excel to graph the age structure and population growth of their chosen country. After collecting and organizing this demographic information, as well as related socio-economic data, each group prepares a poster describing their country. In the poster session, students evaluate relationships between demographic variables across countries and discuss relationships between the socio-economic factors and demographic characteristics of the countries that they investigated.

Keywords:  ecology, computer based lab investigations, human, demography, population

Louisiana State University (2002)