Great first day working on your project!  Some of you have already started the second part of the project to research the consequences of population growth.  For this written part, you can choose to do the first option, the second option, or both if you choose.

First Option: Do some general research about the consequences of population growth.  Write down a summary of your findings to be included in your project.  This can be written in paragraph form or in a bulleted list.  Here are some websites you can check out (feel free to use Google as well to search for more sites):

• Environmental Problems with Population:  http://environment.about.com/od/biodiversityconservation/a/population_grow.htm
  
• Overpopulation:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Overpopulation
• World populations:  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_population
• Problems and Solutions:  http://www.grinningplanet.com/2005/07-05/world-population-growth-article.htm

Second Option: Pick one area of interest to research further.  Write a paragraph summarizing how population growth is negatively effecting some aspect of the world.  Some ideas are listed below, but feel free to research something outside of this list.

• Population growth and wildlife:   http://www.populationconnection.org/site/DocServer/Poaching.pdf?docID=150

• Population growth and deforestation:  http://www.populationconnection.org/site/DocServer/Deforestation.pdf?docID=287

• Population growth and global warming:   http://www.populationconnection.org/site/DocServer/Global_Warming.pdf?docID=286

• Population growth and food supply:   http://www.infoforhealth.org/pr/m13/m13chap1.shtml