Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Competition
An interactive activity where students study how two species of producers are affected by a consumer. By completing several virtual experiments and collecting data, students will be able to summarize what plants can do to defend...
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: S Ic Block Scheduling
A random sample of 100 students from a specific high school resulted in 45% of them favoring a plan to implement block scheduling. Is it plausible that a majority of the students in the school actually favor the block schedule? Students...
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Would Happen if Every Human Suddenly Disappeared?
What would happen if suddenly, every human on Earth disappeared? Dan Kwartler investigates.
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: Dam Removing: Changes in the Environment Affect Population
What happens to a population when the environment changes? Students remove a dam that divides an ecosystem to illustrate the effects of environmental changes. Students observe and collect data as the grass and then the rabbit populations...
Concord Consortium
Concord Consortium: African Lions: Modeling Populations
Learn to distinguish between exponential and logistic growth of populations, identify carrying capacity, differentiate density-dependent and density-independent limiting factors, apply population models to data sets and determine...
American-Israeli Cooperative Enterprise
Jewish Virtual Library: Minority Communities of Israel
Describes the diverse populations of Arabs or Arab-speaking groups residing in Israel.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Population Size
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how environmental factors put limits on population sizes.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Population Growth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how rates of birth, death, immigration, and emigration affect population growth.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Population Size, Density, and Distribution
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of population size, density, and distribution.
CPALMS
Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Limits to Population Growth
Explore biotic and abiotic factors that can influence the growth of populations of organisms in this interactive tutorial.
The Wonder of Science
The Wonder of Science: Ms Ls2 1: Effects of Resource Availability
Work samples, phenomena, assessment templates, and videos that directly address standard MS-LS2-1: effects of resource availability.
PBS
Nh Pbs: Nature Works: Estuaries
Learn more about estuaries when you visit this informative site. This resource provides locations of and weblinks to estuaries in the United States.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Population Growth Patterns
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers different patterns of population growth.
National Geographic
National Geographic: The Electoral College
Discover how the United States elects its president by using an Electoral College. A map shows how the Electoral College's 538 members are distributed throughout all fifty states and the District of Columbia.
Other
Ecuador Explorer: People and Culture
A detailed look at Ecuador's population, religion, language, and indigenous culture.
Alabama Learning Exchange
Alex: Something's Fishy: A Lesson in Biological Sampling
Determining the population in a larger area by tagging. By using proper scientific method and careful sampling procedures, students learn how biologists work in the field to collect data about a population. Students will also calculate...
iCivics
I Civics: Plug Into Power With the u.s. Census (Infographic)
Infographic shows how participation in the census brings power to local communities.
iCivics
I Civics: Reapportionment & Redistricting
Do you know how many representatives your state has in the U.S. House of Representatives? Do you know how that number is determined or if it's ever changed? You're about to find out.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Population Size Study Guide
Review information on population size using this study guide.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 6.6 the T Test
Learn about a statistical test that is used to compare the means of two groups, the T Test.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 6.5 Confidence Intervals
Explore the idea of a confidence interval where it is easier to predict that an unknown value will lie somewhere within a wide range, than to predict it will occur within a narrow range.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Algebra Ii: 5.8 Evaluating Reports
Learn to analyze examples of claims presented in the media that involve estimating a population proportion and population mean.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 12.7 Competition
Understand how competition affects the populations in an ecosystem.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: 12.3 Population
Discover what a population is in regards to an ecosystem.