+
AP Test Prep
College Board

2009 AP® Calculus AB Free-Response Questions Form B

For Students 10th - 12th
Get a free peek into a calculus exam. Released free-response items from the AP® Calculus AB exam provide teachers and pupils examples of how topics may appear. The six questions cover topics such as growth rates, volumes of rotations,...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Proportional Rates

For Students Higher Ed
In this proportional rates worksheet, students read story problems, determine the necessary information, and identify a sequence of numbers at a specified time. This three-page worksheet contains three problems. The detailed answers...
+
Lesson Plan
National Museum of Nuclear Science & History

Nuclear Popcorn

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Make your lesson on radioactive decay pop with this lab exercise. Using popcorn kernels spread over a tabletop, participants pick up all of those that point toward the back of the room, that is, those that represent decayed atoms. As the...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Population Growth and Urban Planning

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students discuss the following terms and their definitions: zero population growth, population density, demographics, urban sprawl, census, immigration, migration, infrastructure, population booms, megacities, birthrate, death rate,...
+
Assessment
CPALMS

Writing an Exponential Function from its Graph

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Grow an equation for the exponential graph. Given a graph of an exponential function, class members write the equation of the function provided. The graph labels two points on the graph: the y-intercept and the point where x is one.
+
Lesson Plan
National Nanotechnology Infrastructure Network

The Effects of Colloidal Silver on Microbial Growth: Investigating Snake Oil Science

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
Can your classes solve the problem of the smelly sweat sock? Young scientists complete a lab investigation that begins by using electrochemistry to generate colloidal silver. They use their solutions to test the rate of microbial growth...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Exponential Growth and Decay

For Students 11th
In this Algebra II worksheet, 11th graders solve verbal problems that involve exponential growth or decay.  The two page worksheet contains a combination of seven multiple choice and free response questions.  Answers are provided. 
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Capturing Bacteria Growth

For Teachers 8th - 11th
Students grow bacteria. In this bacteria growth lesson, students allow bacteris to incubate for 2-3 days. The teacher uses a document camera to show how to remove the bacteria from the plate. Students remove a small sample of bacteria...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Impact of a Growing Population

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students examine the impact that population growth has on world resources.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Integrated Algebra Practice: Exponential Growth

For Students 9th - 12th
In this exponential growth worksheet, students solve 4 short answer and multiple choice problems. Students determine the population of a city after a given amount of time.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Process Of Stable Growth And Development

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the economic growth of established and third world countries. They conduct research with compiling statistics taken from the OECD, The World Bank, and the IMF. The lesson includes notes to help the teacher present...
+
Lesson Plan
1
1
Council for Economic Education

Unemployment Data: Is the Economy Healthy?

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
The United States will never see a time when the unemployment rate hits 0%. Why? Scholars research economic data to uncover clues hidden in the unemployment rate at any given time. A short video as well as research activities help...
+
Assessment
Concord Consortium

Rising Prices

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
What will that cost in the future? The scenario provides pupils with a growth as a Consumer Price Index. Learners create functions for a given item to determine future prices and graph them. Class members then compare their functions to...
+
Activity
It's About Time

Factors Affecting Population Size

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
How do we predict future population growth? Young researchers investigate various factors affecting the size of our population. As they calculate and interpret graphs to determine factors that could potentially affect increases and...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Geometric Sequences - Bacterial Growth

For Students 8th - 10th Standards
Bring algebra to life with scientific applications. Math minded individuals calculate and graph the time it takes a bacterium to double. They discuss geometric sequences and use a chart to graph their findings. There are 38 questions all...
+
Unit Plan
1
1
Practical Money Skills

Saving and Investing

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
You have to have money to make money, especially in the world of banking and investments. High schoolers learn about interest rates, saving and investment options, and ways to stay aware of their money's security and earning ability with...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Population Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers calculate human emission rate by year 2050. For this social studies lesson, students watch a video online and analyze population trends. They explain how e total emissions affect global climate.
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Lab Sheet: Exponential Growth and Decay

For Students 8th - 9th
In this exponential worksheet, students gather information from an experiment and plot the data in a scatter plot. Using given formulas, they plot an equation of a line and then compare the graphs. Students observe exponential growth...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Exponential Growth and Decay

For Students 9th - 11th
In this algebra worksheet, students solve word problems. They identify the graph as exponential growth or decay. There are 7 questions with an answer key.
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Planting Parts

For Teachers 2nd
Each student plants two lima beans in a plastic cup with a paper towel so they can be observed growing. The beans are misted with a spray bottle, and placed in a warm sunny area. Students view the beans each day for the next two weeks,...
+
Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Dynamics of Populations

For Teachers 10th
Tenth graders analyze the growth rate of different population. For this biology experiment, 10th graders identify the biotic and abiotic factors that limit population size. They create a poster to show their findings in class.
+
Activity
Curated OER

Population and Food Supply

For Teachers 8th - 12th Standards
What does it mean for something to grow exponentially, and how does that compare to linear growth? This activity tries to help learners gain an understanding of these concepts while modeling real-world problems. Linear and exponential...
+
Worksheet
Curated OER

Population Ecology

For Students 9th - Higher Ed
A complete study of population ecology is covered by this worksheet. Biology or ecology learners answer questions and interpret population graphs. This can be used as the intended guided notes worksheet or assigned as homework.
+
PPT
Curated OER

Nutrient Cycling

For Teachers 11th - Higher Ed
AP environmental science or college-level ecology classes will glean a tremendous amount of information on nutrient cycles from this detailed PowerPoint. It covers nutrient requirements, biogeochemcial cycles, decomposition rates, and...

Other popular searches