Developing Country Project

I have linked the prompts for the developing country project below. We can talk about food next week. The Paper/Project will be due the 15th of  December.

DEVELOPING COUNTRY PROMPTS

Current event on Population

Please find a current event article on population. Summarize the article, and attach the url to your comment.



In addition to the article, you need to find 2 media sources that you believe are unbiased. We will compile a list for class.

Human Population – “A Tale of Two Countries”

The links below go with the packet handed out in class today.

Demographic Transition (Frank W. Notestein)

http://www.census.gov/ipc/www/idb

On the back of the first page of the packet is the following question:

On a separate paper please explain where both of the countries you chose would fall in Frank Notestein's demographic transition model. Back up your response using data you collected just collected. 

Please comment your response to the above question on the blog.  


When you are finished go to the following link:

Snurffle Island

Response to 3rd World Farmer game

Although we don't want to trivialize the hardships that so many people endure in developing countries, the 3rd World Farmer game does help bring to the forefront some of the issues that people deal with. The goal of the game is to go through demographic transition and create sustainable affluence.

Simply put, what were the most difficult aspects in this game? Why was it so hard to get out of poverty? If you could change one thing about the game (variables that effected your success), what would you change? How does this apply to real world situations?

You must comment your responses t the above questions no later than Monday Oct 17th 11:59 pm.

3rd world farmer

GAME

Cycles!!!

Please go through the Nutrient Cycles in the link below. This will introduce the cycles to you, and help you become familiar with them.

Nutrient Cycles

Rabbits and Wolves

Here is the link to the packet for the activity from today... Rabbits and Wolves Doc

Here is the link to the simulation... Rabbits and Wolves Simulation

Must be finished by Tuesday at the start of class.