Access scans of manuscripts belonging to the Vatican Library that were instrumental to the growth and development of humanism in Renaissance Italy.

How were cities formed? This article explains the formation of cities starting from the neolithic revolution to current times. It addresses such topics as urbanization, suburban sprawl, and urban growth models.

This collection of six images captures the magnificence of human development -- the transformation from baby to woman.

Gapminder collects hundreds of statistics related to global economic, health, and social development and analyzes the relationships between them across different countries and time (a few indicators go back to 1800).

During adolescence, teens begin to change physically, cognitively, and psychosocially in preparation for adulthood. Comprehensive article, aimed primarily at an adult readership, describes how adolescents develop.

A complete, student-led lesson on the endocrine system. Students work their way through illustrated and animated tutorials, and answer review questions along the way. There is a self-checking quiz at the end of the lesson.

Students visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure the heights of older students using large building blocks as a non-standard unit of measure. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in...

Through informational text with printable notes, animations, video clips, and practice questions, students discover the structure and function of the male and female reproductive systems.

Everyone grows and matures differently. A growth disorder, however, means that a kid is either growing a lot slower or a lot faster than other kids the same age.

Find out about the structure and function of the human edocrine system, and how it develops and changes with age.

Learn the characteristics of puberty and adolescence in humans.

Discover the characteristics of infancy and childhood in humans.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How quickly is the human population growing? If we look at worldwide human population growth from 10,000 BCE through to today, our growth looks like exponential...

In this activity you will: graph data of human fetal growth and describe the rate of human fetal growth.

Through informational text, video clips, practice problems, and external assignments, students discover the structure and function of the endocrine system of the human body.

How does an organism go from a single cell to something as complex as a frog, fly, or human being? Learn the basic principles of development.

Illustrated explanation of a basic change in humans as we grow: the maturing of our teeth.

Finding out your correct weight is difficult because everyone's body type is different. This site addresses that concern and answers questions that surround this issue. Links to related sites are also offered.

[Free Registration/Login Required] This is a 2nd grade unit on how the human body changes, as well as lessons on the heart and lungs, bones and muscles, and the digestive system. This unit includes web links to some fun informational...

The National Humanities Center presents collections of primary resources compatible with the Common Core State Standards - historical documents, literary texts, and works of art - thematically organized with notes and discussion...

A chart summarizing the stages of psychosocial growth researched and determined by psychologist Erik Erikson. The elements of this study span all of human life from conception through the twilight years over 65.

A collection of eight primary resources--historical documents, literary texts, visual images, maps--illuminated and contextualized by notes, thematic questions, and text-specific discussion questions for classroom instruction and teacher...

Four accounts of the visits to and growth of colonial cities in Spanish, British, and French New World settlements that demonstrate why certain communities developed successfully.

Companion website to a NOVA broadcast of the same name, Eighteen Ways documents the world of assisted reproduction. Find information on in vitro fertilization, the challenges of infertility, human cloning, advances in micro-manipulation,...