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Unit:
Our Aging World
Topic: Population Demographics
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Rationale: Students will investigate factors that affect the quality of life for all, especially the aged individual.
Keywords: quality of life, statistic, population, percentage, longevity, life expectancy, life span, graph, map, population pyramid, aging population, entrepreneurship
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Lessons & Activities | Overview | Objectives | Subjects | Evaluation | Funding
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Overview and Background Information
Unit Overview and Background Information for Teachers
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Unit Objectives
Students will:
- convert statistics on population growth to percentages
- gain a historical understanding of changes in longevity
- predict life expectancy in the future based on current life span data
- translate population information from graphs to maps
- analyze population information to draw conclusions on aging populations
- interpret population pyramids in order to make generalizations about the growth of the aging population in our society
- synthesize information concerning the aging population
- create a product or service to meet the needs of the aging population
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Unit/Lesson Evaluation
Our Aging World Pre Test
Our Aging World Post Test
Our Aging World Pre/Post Tests Answer Key
Population Changes Over Time Graph - Activity 1B
Life Expectancy at Birth - Activity 2A
Map-Life Expectancy Around the World - Activity 3B
Population Pyramid Analysis - Activity 4A
Product Design and Marketing - Activity 6A
Product Design and Marketing - Activity 6B
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Funding
Positively Aging® Curriculum Program Funding 1997-2008:
National Institutes of Health
National Center for Research Resources
National Institute on Aging
Science Education Partnership Award
Grant # R25 RR 18549
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