Human Population Dynamics and Climate Change
Explore the interconnected dynamics of human populations and climate change through a series of articles, simulations, and data-driven activities. In this pathway, learners investigate population growth and demographic change, use predictive modeling and correlation analysis to interpret data, and examine potential impacts on populations, climate, and resources.
Topics
- next generation science standards
- NGSS
- high school
- population biology
- logistic growth
- density-dependent regulation
- density-independent regulation
- age structure diagrams
- carrying capacity
- birth rate
- death rate
- population growth
- global climate change
- climate patterns
- correlation
- causation
- regression analysis
- statistical modeling
- stochastics
- demographic transitions
- sub-saharan africa
- SSP1
- SSP3
- sustainability
- human impact
- environmental data
- quantitative analysis
- scatter plots
- linear regression
- multiple regression
- thermal expansion
- population dynamics
- earth systems
- data science
- earth science
- human population dynamics
- exponential growth
- correlation coefficient
- deterministic modeling
- stochastic modeling
- Shared Socioeconomic Pathways
- sea level rise
- climate modeling
- predictive modeling
- population modeling
- data interpretation
- trend analysis
- population projections
- climate projections
- correlation analysis
- scenario modeling
- correlation vs. causation
- Gapminder
- demography
- population trends
- climate data
- model uncertainty
- data literacy
- graph interpretation
- socioeconomic factors
- climate impacts