National Geographic Population Study
This lesson is primarily geared towards the study of population change in a social studies context, but students use data to make predictions.

Food for Thought
Food for Thought is a spatial graphing activity that uses the participants as part of the graph. The activity helps students develop a feeling for the similarities and differences between populations. Many measures are used for comparison including population, population density, population growth rates, life expectancy, energy consumption, CO₂ emissions, and more.

Pyramid Building
This lesson provides students with the background to understand the importance of age structure on population growth. They do this by creating a population pyramid. This process will also help them understand the meaning of different shaped "pyramids" and the impacts of these different growth patterns.
 

Population Reference Bureau
This site has a collection of really good lesson plans and incredible resources.

The World of Child 6 Billion
World population reached 6 billion people in 1999. The child who brought the world population to 6 billion could have been born in your neighborhood or halfway around the world. What concerns will Child 6 Billion's generation face?

European Employment Rates
This is data detailing European employment rates. Excel files with the data are available for download. Students can create graphs and make predictions or interpret the available graphs.

Population of Arizona
Population and workforce data for Arizona in Excel format.

Societal Analysis
Investigate several data categories of census data for a community in North Carolina. There are census maps and data that can be used to address this objective.

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