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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Population Dynamics

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
Students watch a video on population dynamics. They conduct an experiment where they fill up a designated space with students. They recreate multiplying rabbits using beans.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Death and Dying in Two Mid-19th Century Communities

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students search primary documents for information about how infants and students died during the late 1850s and 1860s.
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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...
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Assessment
Bowland

110 Years On

For Teachers 6th - 9th
How many great, great grandchildren can one have? Scholars estimate the number of descendants a woman can have after 110 years. They use information about the average number of children per family and life expectancy to make this estimate.
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Curated OER

Population Dynamics of Growth of Drosophila

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Young scholars experiment with Drosophila to determine if density of female flies, food sources, temperature and light affect the population dynamics of growth. Students graph their data and compare their results to the number of human...
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Lesson Plan
ARKive

Biodiversity and Evolution – Darwin’s Finches

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Teens experience natural selection firsthand (or first beak) in an activity that has them act as finches foraging for food. Using different household items  to act as different beak styles, your little finches will collect as much food...
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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,...
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Curated OER

Human Ecology: How it Relates to Population

For Teachers 9th
Ninth graders are introduced to the concept of population. In groups, they research the problems associated with overpopulation and underpopulation. They practice calculating birth and death rates and discus how they can be used to...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Population Biology

For Students 9th - 12th
In this population worksheet, students will compare two population growth graphs and complete four short answer questions. Then students will investigate the factors that influence population growth in 8 fill in the blank statements and...
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Curated OER

A Victorian Prison

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Prisons in Victorian England were miserable places, designed to deter people from committing crimes. To understand why these prisons were so tough, young historians review documents and pictures from Coldbath Fields prison. After...
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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.
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Curated OER

Weight Training: Lifetime Fitness

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Learners research the relationship between physical activity and the prevention of illness, disease and premature death. Students understand that working out regularly will increase muscular strength, endurance and improve many areas of...
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Activity
It's About Time

Response Time

For Teachers 7th - 12th Standards
How fast are your reactions in the case of an emergency? Young scholars complete many activities including: time estimation, building a circuit, multiple reaction time experiments, and graphing.
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Lesson Plan
Bowland

Water Availability

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Just how scarce is water in different parts of the world? Through these water lessons, young data analysts use provided data to investigate the scarcity of water in countries of the Middle East and Africa. They use ratios and rates to...
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Unit Plan
Curated OER

Death and the Deerfield Graveyard

For Teachers 9th - 11th
Students learn how death is an indicator of the community beliefs and values, and how have the rituals surrounding death changed over time.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Breaking News English: Marburg Virus Death Toll up to 114

For Students 5th - 10th
In this English worksheet, learners read "Marburg Virus Death Toll up to 114," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
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Lesson Plan
Mascil Project

Epidemics: Modelling with Mathematics

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
The Black Death epidemic is responsible for more than one million deaths in the United Kingdom. An inquiry-based activity has young scholars explore the rate of disease spread. They then analyze graphs showing data from epidemics such as...
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PPT
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The Geography of the United States

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Full of bright maps and interesting information, this presentation details U.S. Geography. Slides include basic facts about size, regions, topography, and demographics, as well as fascinating trivia about the United States, including...
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Carnegie Mellon University

Bathtub Model

For Teachers 6th - 12th Standards
Using a colorful infographic handout and a guide sheet, hold a class discussion about how a bathtub can serve as a model for the greenhouse effect created by Earth's atmosphere. Participants will understand that as energy or matter is...
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The Demographics of Mortality

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students view the Dynamic POPClocks on the U.S. Census webpage and discuss their meaning. They explore age-related death rates of the human population and collect information about the deaths of humans and organize them into a life table.
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Bowland

Reducing Road Accidents

For Teachers 6th - 9th Standards
By making the following changes to the roads, we can prevent several accidents. A multiple-day lesson prompts pupils to investigate accidents in a small town. Pairs develop a proposal on what to do to help reduce the number of accidents....
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Curated OER

Create a Word Graveyard to Teach Synonyms

For Teachers 1st - 3rd
Students explore descriptive writing by creating headstones. In this memorial lesson, students utilize an 11" x 17" piece of paper to create a cemetery headstone memorializing a word rather than a person. Students decorate their...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Pollute Locally, Spread It Globally

For Teachers 6th - 9th
Young scholars examine the rate of pollution throughout the world through an interactive program. They define air quality and the air quality index. They examine fuel economy and its impact on the Earth and renewable and nonrenewable...
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Animal Skin

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate the skin surface to body area ratios for different animals.  In this seventh/eighth grade mathematics/science lesson, students explore heat transfer between an animal’s body and the environment.  Using technology,...

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