How many babies will be born during this lesson?

How many people are there in the world at the moment?

• Write how many you think in the back of your books

How many people are there in the world at the moment?

How many people are there in the world at the moment?

• The world population is the total number of humans alive on the planet Earth at a given time. In early 2006, the world population reached 6.5 billion.

How many people are born every minute?

•Just watch and learn…..

How many people are born every minute?

•20

How many people are born every minute?

•40

How many people are born every minute?

•60

How many people are born every minute?

•80

How many people are born every minute?

•100

How many people are born every minute?

•120

How many people are born every minute?

•140

How many people are born every minute?

•160

How many people are born every minute?

•180

How many people are born every minute?

•200

How many people are born every minute?

•220

How many people are born every minute?

•240

So in a 50 minute lesson….

• How many?

So in a 50 minute lesson….

• 12 000!

Some of them even less intelligent than G.W.B !!

Population increase

• Does the population also increase at 240 per minute?

• If yes – why?• If no – why?

Population increase

• Babies are born at about 240 per minute• The number of people dying every minute

must be __________ that number because

Problems relating to population increase

• Can the number of people on the Earth continue to rise indefinitely?

• What are the problems with having loads of people on the Earth

Population Explosion

• Pollution• Use of resources• Wildlife• Quarrying• Housing• Roads• Waste disposal• Finding partners

Make a list of the effect that the growth of our population has had on resources, land and pollution

A few questions…..• Is this a world wide problem?• http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/

4768644.stm• Why do people have lots of babies?• http://www.cnn.com/2006/HEALTH/parenting/

05/08/mothers.index/index.html• How do people in different countries try to limit

the number of babies born per family?• http://www.galtoninstitute.org.uk/Newsletters/

GINL9105/Third_World_Aid.htm

What do you think?

• If we need an average of 2.1 babies per family WORLDWIDE to maintain a stable population – how are we going to do it?