Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 5: How Well Gdp Measures the Well Being of Society

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to discuss how productivity influences the standard of living, explain the limitations of GDP as a measure of the standard of living, and analyze the relationship between GDP data and...
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Macroeconomics: Chapter 5: Tracking Real Gdp Over Time

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to explain recessions, depressions, peaks, and troughs; evaluate the importance of tracking real GDP over time; and analyze the impact of economic fluctuations on a country's output and price...
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Tracking Real Gdp Over Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about fluctuations in Gross National Product (GDP) from year to year.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Building Blocks of Keynesian Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Keynesian economics focuses on explaining why recessions and depressions occur and offering a policy prescription for minimizing their effects. The Keynesian view of recession is based on two key building blocks: recessions occur when...
Article
A&E Television

History.com: Why Do 9 Justices Serve on the Supreme Court?

For Students 9th - 10th
The Constitution doesn't stipulate how many justices should serve on the Court, in fact, that number fluctuated until 1869.
Article
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research

Ucar: El Nino Southern Oscillation

For Students 9th - 10th
Learn how the El Nino-Southern Oscillation (ENSO) climate fluctuation affects weather around the world.
Handout
Other

American Speech Language Hearing Association (Asha): Types of Hearing Loss

For Students 9th - 10th
The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) distinguishes between the three types of hearing loss. Also provided is information on the seven categories of hearing loss and hearing loss configurations.
Website
WebMD

Web Md: Understanding Bulimia the Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from WebMD Health provides a good basic overview of the eating disorder, bulimia. It gives a good description, then goes on to provide links to additional information such as: symptoms, detection, treatment, and prevention.
Handout
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: American Mammals: Marsh Rice Rat

For Students 4th - 8th
Marsh rice rats are among the most common mammals inhabiting tidal marshes of the Gulf and Atlantic coasts. Being good swimmers, diving to 10 m and crossing 300 m stretches of water, and able climbers, these rice rats are suitably...
Graphic
Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Universe Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This diagram shows a universe timeline as suggested by many scientists and theoretical physics experts. This popular timeline of the universe has different stages which include: quantum fluctuations, inflation, dark ages, first stars,...