This morning on ABC's Good Morning America, there was a segment about how the world's population is expected to hit 7 billion tomorrow on Halloween! There was a lot of interesting facts so I searched for the video and found it here on YouTube:
I wanted to find out more and found out that National Geographic has been putting on a Special Series all about the populations' growth to 7 billion. There is a lot of great information, photos, videos and an estimated population counter that could be used in Social Studies and current event discussions about the population and the implications of the steady increase.
They also have a great video that shares more facts and figures on the matter:
There is an app with additional information called 7 Billion (unfortunately it is only available on the iPad). Finally, you can also join the conversation on Twitter using the hashtag #7billion.
What do you think about 7 billion people? Scary or not?
Sunday, October 30, 2011
7 Billion,
Current Events,
National Geographic,
Population
How Do You Feel About 7 Billion?
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