[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Covers milestones in growth and development from birth to adulthood.

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

An excellent source for credible population data. Contains links to the world population data and demographic trends and themes.

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.

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.

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,...

This presentation compares & contrasts male and female fertility from pre-infancy through late adulthood.

When will my baby take his first step or say her first word? During their first year, babies start to develop skills they will use for the rest of their lives. The normal growth of babies can be broken down into the following areas:...

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.

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

In this unit you will study the mechanisms involved in human reproduction. It contains 13 interactive activities.

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

A timeline that allows students to explore humans' pursuit of a longer and healthier life. Includes major events from fourteenth through the twentieth centuries.

This unit will present to you some of the vital role of all living beings: nurture, communication and reproduction.

Kindergartners measure each other's height using large building blocks, then visit a 2nd and a 4th grade class to measure those students. They can also measure adults in the school community. Results are displayed in age-appropriate bar...

Identify persuasive situations and practice refusal techniques when it comes to issues dealing with sexuality.

[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...

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.

Explore these primary source documents detailing the growth, peoples, economies, and ideas relating to the British American Colonies in the 18th century. Features notes and discussion questions.

[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...

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

Understand fetal growth during pregnancy in humans.

In this activity, students observe and graph data about human fetal growth rates. Students build a regression model based on the data and compare values with those of other mammals. They also compare the data to non-mammal species.