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iRubric: Human Population Rubric

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Human Population Rubric Ch. 2 Population Answer the four Key Issues. You may use a power point, poster, eassy (paper), or create a web site. You must include key vocabulary. Use a current event to enhance your explanations. Rubric Code: D6W855 By corbin1984 Draft Public Rubric Subject: Science Type: Project Grade Levels: 9-12, Undergraduate

Population
	Main Ideas Only answers the question. (N/A)	Sub topics Uses vocabulary words, charts, photos, graphs, other visuals, to answer the question. (N/A)	Details Includes a current event and relates it to the question. May include use of a place to support the answer. (N/A)
Key Issue #1 Where is the world's population distributed?	Main Ideas Population concentrations Sparsely populated regions Population density	Sub topics East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Europe, Eastern North America, Dry lands, Wet lands, Cold lands, High lands	Details demography, globalization, overpopulation, ecumene, arithmetic density, phsiological density, agricultural density
Key Issue #2 Where has the world's population increased?	Main Ideas Natural Increase Fertility Mortality	Sub topics crude birth rate, crude death rate, natural increase rate, total fertility rate,	Details doubling time, infant mortality rate, life expectancy
Key Issue #3 Why is population increasing at different rates in different countries?	Main Ideas The Demographic transition Population pyramids Countries in different stages of demographic transition Demographic transition and world population	Sub topics demographic transition, stage 1: low growth, agricultural revolution, stage 2: high growth, industrial revoution, medical revolution	Details stage 3: moderate growth, stage 4: low growth, zero population growth, population pyramids, age distribution, dependency ratio, sex ratio
Key Issue #4 Why might the world Face an overpopulation problem?	Main Ideas Malthus on overpopulation Debate over how to reduce natural increase	Sub topics population growth vs. food supply, higher death rates, lower birth rates,	Details economic development alternative, distribution of contraceptives
Key Issue #5 Population Calculations	Main Ideas Demographic calculations	Sub topics Rates: fertility, infant mortality, rate of natural increase	Details Concepts: Population density, domesticated land, urban versus rural land, gdp, energy consumption, conceptualizing a million and a billion