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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Human Geography: Migration

For Students 9th - 10th
AP Human Geography learning module on migration explores push/pull factors and migration patterns worldwide and within the United States. Comprehensive materials, multi-media and interactive resources.
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Other

Migration Patterns From Virginia

For Students 9th - 10th
An informative site that discusses "Causes of Migration, Pathways to the West, and Kentucky and Tennessee." Individual pioneer families are discussed and tracked.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Marathon Migrators

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment from NOVA: "The Mystery of Animal Pathfinders" explores how the migratory patterns of shorebirds have evolved to coincide with the spawning of horseshoe crabs. [6:00]
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Pew Research Center

Pew Social and Demographic Trends: Migration Flows in the United States

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The Pew Hispanic Research Center details the migration flows of the United States. Breaks down U.S. migration patterns from the last 20 years. Scroll mouse over map to see the regional migration throughout the years. View a map which...
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Symbolic Monarch Butterfly Migration

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Join the celebration by creating paper butterflies that will migrate to their counterparts in Mexico for the winter. Children in Mexico who live beside the monarch's winter sanctuaries send them north in the spring.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Human Migration Patterns

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this activity to figure out where the first humans lived. This activity requires students to read clues and use their understanding of the clues to create a map to give them a visual representation of early humans movements.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: A Global Study of Wildlife Migration and Seasonal Change

For Students 9th - 10th
Join teachers and students all over the country in observing the migratory patterns of birds and butterflies and the growth changes of plants as the climate changes. "Journey North" offers a wealth of resources to use as you investigate...
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Other

Ocean Tracks: Fact or Artifact? Interpreting Patterns in Ocean Tracks Data [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ever wonder where marine animals go? How fast they swim? How deep they dive? Electronic tagging has opened a new window into the world of the open ocean. Ocean Tracks gives you access to data collected by tags on real live migrating...
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National Geographic

National Geographic: Human Impacts on Marine Species

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn about three examples of human impacts on marine life: migration patterns and shipping, algal blooms and water chemistry, and marine debris. Some of these impacts are due to human activity in the ocean, and some impacts on...
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Other

Trans Pacific Project: Transpacific Migrations

For Students 9th - 10th
What an incredible resource that looks at Transpacific migrations peopling the Western Hemisphere, the Pacific islands, and the Chinese diaspora. Included is information about genetic research that traces DNA patterns across the world....
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Migration Policy Institute

Migration Policy Institute: Settlement Patterns of the Foreign Born

For Students 9th - 10th
Complete analysis of the settlement patterns of the foreign born based upon the 2000 Census information.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Population Growth Patterns

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What does population growth mean? You can probably guess that it means the number of individuals in a population is increasing. The population growth rate tells you...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 12.4 Population Growth Patterns

For Students 5th - 9th
Explore growth patterns in wildlife populations.
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PBS

Lesson Plan: Organism Migration in Bhutan

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Science lesson plan that teaches students about plant & animal migratory patterns in the various zones of Bhutan. Part of the PBS website devoted to Bhutan.
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Friends of Algonquin Park

The Science Behind Algonquin's Animals: Black Bear

For Students 3rd - 8th
Known as the American Black Bear or commonly the Black Bear, information is detailed on its appearance, weight, migration patterns, food sources, major predators and breeding. This is an excellent resource for the student researcher.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Swine Flu in Finland

For Students 9th - 10th
In 2009, an outbreak of swine flu in Finland resulted in significant damage to the economy. Researchers investigated the potential cause of the disease. Through scientific experimentation, they were able to identify the disease as a new...
eBook
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Pattern in Integer Exponents

For Students 9th - 10th
Get independent practice finding patterns in integer exponents. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Ethnic Minorities

For Students 9th - 10th
Scholastic gives a detailed and complete evaluation of ethnic minorities in relation to the United States. It explores migration patterns, demographics as well as minority identity and assimilation. Excellent and thorough investigation.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Tracking Polar Bears

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive activity adapted from the USGS Alaska Science Center, students will track the movements of a polar bear as it migrates across the changing Arctic sea ice and compare the paths of four different polar bears.
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University of Wisconsin

The Why Files: Flying South for the Winter?

For Students 9th - 10th
A look at long-distance migration reveals a surprising pattern. Migration did not originate in the tropics, home to bird diversity.
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Other

Hummingbirds.net

For Students 9th - 10th
This entire website is entirely dedicated to hummingbirds. This is a great place to learn more about different hummingbird species, attracting and feeding them, migration patterns, and more.
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Annenberg Foundation

Annenberg Learner: Journey North: Caribou

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive resource that contains facts about caribou, challenge questions, lessons, activities and migration information. The migration pattern of the caribou is also tracked.
Activity
Read Works

Read Works: Time to Fly!

For Teachers 2nd
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about monarch butterflies and their migration patterns. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Science Buddies

Science Buddies: The Effect of Artificial Light on Migration Pattern of Daphnia

For Students 6th - 8th
This elegant project employs a scientific approach that is particularly valuable in Environmental Science, but can be applied to other areas as well. The approach has three steps: 1) from your observations in the field, form a...

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