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POPULATION

As the population hits 7 billion, here's a collection of useful and interesting weblinks. 

Population 7 Billion, in 5 charts
bit.ly/smR3Tf

Atlantic photo gallery marking the 7billion mark
http://bit.ly/nOAxYx
Mapping the age of humans http://bit.ly/uNwQ5L

Margin of error: are there really 7billion of us?http://bbc.in/uBx9Cj 

Nice starter video on population
http://bbc.in/uXHPe8

Welcome, baby 7billion! 
Danica May Camacho, a girl born in the Philippineshttp://bit.ly/rCQrkb 

How the world got to #7billion 
Interactive from The Guardian http://bit.ly/vKlH4u 

Might make a good class debate about population control
http://bbc.in/vMsbiG 

Find your number in the population billions! 
Interactive tool from the BBC 
http://bbc.in/uWUYoY

Population predictions for 2100
Interactive tool from The Guardian 
http://bit.ly/ttGEHQ

How big was the world's population when you were born? Interactive tool from The Guardian
http://bit.ly/ny68TA

How the world got to 7 billion 
Interactive with video and audio from The Guardian
http://bit.ly/uFScBS

Comic - 7 billion, unpacked
http://bit.ly/uFScBS

Photo gallery with great discussion photos from The Telegraph
http://tgr.ph/ul7tqZ

Map: Global population shifts from @worldmapper 
http://bit.ly/nLOAVs

Photographing 7 billion
This would make a good class project from the New York Times 
nyti.ms/t0Es0u

Maps illustrating world population changes
http://wrld.at/popchg

Our aging world - data visualisation from General Electric


LIFE EXPECTANCY

Article in The Guardian: Boys in Kensington 'will live 1.35 years longer than those in Glasgow' 
http://bit.ly/p5VmAD

Life expectancy mapped for each local authority
http://bit.ly/mQqWBe

Article on BBC: Life expectancy rises, says ONS
http://bbc.in/onYsW0 

New HDI 2011 report published
http://hdr.undp.org/en/

And where GB figures in the 'best list' 
http://bit.ly/rzhjhBk


Microsites from
National Geographic
http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/2011/01/seven-billion/kunzig-text 

BBC
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-15368276

The Guardian 
http://bit.ly/sIiza2

Reuters
http://reut.rs/upeJaF

UN
http://www.7billionandme.org/













Resource of the month
Our resource of the month is still This is Geography 3 and John Widdowson's excellent chapter on teaching the Olympics. 
Over to you!
Get in touch with your suggestions for things of geographical interest that you've spotted on the web – we'd love to hear from you!