Human Geography: Explode; not just bombs but population too!

Today group B of Human Geography class learned about population explosion. We started out with associating 'explosion' to what they think of when they hear the word 'explosion'. Came the words and phrases such as 'war', 'nuclear bomb', 'volcano' and 'experiments gone wrong'.

I asked them, what happen when those things explode? Would it explode slowly or quickly? Would it explode in seconds or would it take time to properly explode?

When things explode, it would explode rapidly.

Then I asked them, how about population? What happen when population explode? I let the students think and relate what have been discussed earlier to population explosion. Four students tried to provide answers:

1. Too many babies born at a time.
2. Too many people at one place.
3. The rapid growth of population.
4. Too many children in one family.

Their answers were not wrong. I pointed out which was the main point and the supporting details.

1. The rapid growth of population.
2. Too many people at one place.
3. Too many babies born at a time.
4. Too many children in one family.

Next, we discussed on life expectancy and infant mortality. The students were divided into two groups. In their group, they had to discuss on what they think those two phrases mean. After five minutes, both groups wrote their answer on the whiteboard and we did some discussion and correction before the class ended.

 Can't wait for our next class!