Topic 8 Activities
Topic 8 Learning Activities
There's lots of opportunity for a variety of activities and case study building in this topic. There are some checks of understanding, videos to deepen understanding and resources for building case studies. Combine this with the practical activities in Topic 8 Practical Ideas.
Topic 8.1 Activities - Human Population Dynamics
In this section we are collecting inquiry driven activities to enrich the teaching of topic 8.1, Human Population Dynamics.This is a presentation that I have used to introduce human population demographics...
Topic 8.2 Activities - Resource Use in Society
Students find this concept quite difficult to understand as economics is only one factor in determining the dynamic nature of a resource. I start of with the example of cork and then ask students to come...
Topic 8.3 Activities - Solid Domestic Waste
Through watching the film "Trashed" with Jeremy Irons students can almost complete the whole of this part of the course . During the video, I asked students to take notes using a structured graphic organiser...
Topic 8.4 Activities - Human Population Carrying Capacity
Students need to appreciate the factors that contribute to the ecological footprints and why they vary from society to society. The image on this page shows a graph of human development index and the...