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Integrated Algebra Practice: Exponential Growth

For Students 9th - 12th
In this exponential growth worksheet, high schoolers solve 4 short answer and multiple choice problems. Students determine the population of a city after a given amount of time.
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Population Demographics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore how life expectancy has been able to increase in recent years.  In this population lesson students complete several activities and create a graph. 
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Our Aging World

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore how health and nutrition vary in people from different countries and backgrounds.  In this life expectancy lesson plan studets explore populations and health from people around the world.
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Push and Pull Factors on Migration

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate push and pull factors. In this population trends lesson, students examine primary sources that help them comprehend how push and pull factors have changed over time. 
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Are There Too Many Elk?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Young scholars study elk populations in Arizona.  In this data lesson students read an article on monitoring elk populations, analyze data and make management recommendations. 
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Case of the Threespine Stickleback

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine why some freshwater populations of stickleback fish.  In this macroevolution lesson students read a study packet then answer questions. 
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Tracing Migration Patterns

For Teachers 7th
Seventh graders analyze migration patterns. For this migration lesson, 7th graders use U.S. Census records to trace the migration patterns of 2 German families in Kansas.
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Population Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars examine the factors that affect population growth such as, the length of life cycles, carrying capacity and competition.  In this population lesson students conduct an experiment on population growth and collect data...
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Populations- The Survival of the Fittest

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the ways that populations become diverse and how mutation changes the diversity of a population.  In this exploratory instructional activity students study natural selection by completing a lab activity and...
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Population Demographics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students pretend they are entrepreneurs to help create a positive mentality.  In this entrepreneurship lesson students complete several activities to see how to market and advertise to a certain age group.
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Do You Want to Risk it?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students investigate the history of natural disaster events for a given county, discuss the impact of population and the risk from natural disaster events.  In this hurricane activity students use a geographic information system to...
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How Evolution Works

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the term natural selection and what behavioral adaptations are.  For this evolution lesson students view videos about evolution and perform experiments that simulate populations that interplay between the forces of...
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Immigration Graphs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study immigration. In this graphing lesson plan, 4th graders make a population graph of people who have immigrated to Indiana.
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Distant Relatives

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Young scholars investigate observations between widely separated populations of anchialine cave fauna.  In this biogeography lesson students discuss theories that could explain the given observations. 
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Among the Hidden - Population Math Activity

For Students 6th - 10th
In this population instructional activity, students collect data on population by researching the Census Bureau and then make online graphs and answer short answer questions about the data. Students complete 5 problems total.
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Human Footprint

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Young scholars study facts about humans and how they are impacting the Earth.  In this investigative lesson students help map peoples footprints over the Earth's surface and evaluate these factors. 
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Panther Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the Internet to fill out their scavenger hunt sheet.  In this research instructional activity students search the Internet for answers to the questions on the scavenger hunt worksheet. 
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Civilization Pie

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students define civilization as it was in ancient times.  In this world history activity, students work in small groups to write a recipe that has all the combined ingredients of early civilized societies and share their results...
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Geography of the United States

For Teachers 9th
Students examine the population growth of the United States.  In this Geography lesson, students construct a map of the fifty states.  Students create a graph of the population of the USA. 
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Population and Population Density

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read and interpret graphs. In this population lesson, students explore population and population density as they read several data graphs and respond to questions.
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Population Density in the Ghettos

For Teachers 8th - 12th
Students examine population density in Jewish ghettos. In this Holocaust activity, students calculate population density of cities around the world using the provided information. Students then discuss the implications of high...
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Size of Per Unit Quantity

For Teachers 5th
Fifth graders use various strategies to find the area of land, the area of forestry and the population of Japan and the US. In this size per unit lesson, 5th graders explore how to figure ratio. Students draw pictures to...
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Populations: Food Web

For Students 5th - 6th
In this populations worksheet, students analyze the food web given and answer three questions. Then they draw a food web and predict populations changes.
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Organisms and Their Environment

For Teachers 5th - 8th
Young scholars explore Earth's biosphere. For this biosphere lesson, students participate in group activities regarding biotic and abiotic factors, population density, and species' habitats.