91008 Population Concepts - Home Use

This Digital Resource has less sophisticated functionality as it was one of the first we developed and is priced to reflect this.

What you'll learn

This course covers the things you'll need to know and be able to do for Achievement Standard‚ 91008 (Geography 1.2) Demonstrate geographic understanding of population concepts.

In it you'll find out how to:

• Demonstrate comprehensive geographic understanding of population concepts
• Examine population distribution how and why population is spread across the landscape
• Analyse population change over time, population totals, age-sex structure, natural increase
• Explain migration and mobility of New Zealanders, including both external and internal‚ migration trends
• Discuss population sustainability‚ in Monsoon Asia.

How you'll learn

People learn in different ways. Here are some of the ways you can learn and interact with the materials in this course.

Self-paced learning‚ This online course is set up so you can learn at your own pace. So, although there are 'suggested' times for each page, they're just a guideline. Plan your learning to suit you.

Diagrams, videos and interactions‚ Some people prefer to learn by reading, some by watching and listening, and some by doing. We've used‚ diagrams and videos alongside the text, so that there's something for everyone!

Practice activities‚ Throughout this course there are lots of short activities. These activities are for you to check your own understanding, not for someone to mark them. These activities give you a great chance to practise what you've learned and compare your answer with the model feedback without being assessed.

Glossary‚ We'll be using some technical words and phrases in this course. To help you grow your vocab around the topics, the course includes an online glossary. When you see a word or phrase underlined in the text, move your cursor over it and a definition will pop up easy as!

Discussions‚ Sharing with others can also be a great way to learn. Talk with your classmates and teacher at school about the ideas you come across in this online course. Even chat to your family at the dinner table about the things you're learning if you can explain the ideas to others, you can really be confident in your own understanding.

So, let's get started!

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