National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Choosing Future Population
Essay on population growth past, present and future and the impact on society. Includes guiding questions for students and links to related resources.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Population Growth in Yeasts
This lesson plan is the second of two that explore cellular respiration and population growth in yeasts. In the first lesson plan, students set up a simple way to indirectly observe and quantify the amount of respiration occurring in...
United Nations
United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs: Population
An excellent source for credible population data. Contains links to the world population data and demographic trends and themes.
Other
Rockefeller University: Human Population Dynamics
Mathematically attempts to model human population growth in order to discuss whether the population will skyrocket or level off long before it doubles.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F if Logistic Growth Model, Abstract Version
For this task, students are presented with an equation for a logistic growth model and are asked to analyze it. They are then questioned about a graph showing bacterial population growth. Next, they must use information from earlier...
American Institute of Biological Sciences
Action Bioscience: Population and the Environment: Global Challenge
Look globally at the rising population and understand the impact on the environment, water supply, forestry, and biodiversity through the article and its supporting resources.
Library of Congress
Loc: Germany
The political landscape in imperial Germany with its six parties (founding of the SPD) and their leaders. The struggles with Bismarck's rule are described. In the second part of the page, economy and population growth are discussed.
Illustrative Mathematics
Illustrative Mathematics: F Le in the Billions and Exponential Modeling
For this task, students examine world population data from 1804 to 2012 and investigate whether an exponential function is appropriate for modeling the relationship between the world population and the year. Aligns with F-LE.A.1.c.
NC State University
Nc State University: Population Dynamics
Students will understand the ecological concepts behind population dynamics of wildlife species.
Other
Wpi: Exponential Growth and Decay
This site explains exponential growth and decay and how it applies to the real world with its use in bacterial populations.
Nature Conservancy
The Nature Conservancy: Population Management
In this lesson plan, students learn about the necessity of managing the herd size and grazing rights of the cattle in East Africa. [6.01]
Georgia Department of Education
Ga Virtual Learning: Populations, Biodiversity and Politics of Sustainability
Students explore the value of biodiversity, the impacts that humans are having on the Earth's biodiversity, and measures that can be taken to preserve biodiversity.
Bio Topics
Bio Topics: Direct Observation of Yeast Population Growth
In this classroom lab experiment, students mimic optimal growth conditions for yeast, and with the help of a microscope, observe and record results using a cell counting method.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: How to Make Yeast Cells Thrive
Students set up and run the experiments they designed in the lesson Population Growth in Yeasts, using simple yeast-molasses cultures in test tubes. Population growth is indicated by the amount of respiration occurring in the cultures,...
Victorian Web
The Victorian Web: Thomas Malthus
The Victorian Web provides a brief biography of the Victorian economist Thomas Robert Malthus, focusing on his views on population growth. Links are provided throughout the article for additional information.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: The Great Divide
In this activity, students will use cookies to simulate the distribution of our nonrenewable resources (energy). Then, they will discuss how the world's growing population affects the fairness and effectiveness of this distribution of...
National Audubon Society
National Audubon Society: Advocacy
The Audubon Society focuses its efforts on attempting to slow the population explosion through various publications and resources.
US Census Bureau
Us Census Bureau: International Data Base
Statistical data on the population and demographics of 228 countries, including change, sex ratios, life expectancy, and percent with HIV/AIDS. There are also detailed explanations of the means of producing these statistics. It is...
Cornell University
Cornell University: Population and False Hopes
Cornell University provides an essay in tribute to the ideas of Thomas Malthus. Some good biographical material included as well.
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Global Trends Quiz
In this interactive quiz from NOVA, take the Environmental Challenge and test your knowledge of human impact on the world's natural resources and climate.
State Library of North Carolina
N Cpedia: Population: Change
Census population estimates for 2009 indicate that North Carolina continues to be one of the fastest-growing US states. Between the 2000 Census and July 1, 2009, the state's population grew by 16.5%, compared with the US growth rate of...
PBS
Pbs Learning Media: Westward Expansion, 1790 1850
This interactive map explores the territorial and population changes in the United States between 1790 and 1850. It also covers the beginning of the transportation revolution and the Native American land cessions and forced removals.
PBS
Pbs: Journey to Planet Earth: Urban Explosion
From the "Journey to Planet Earth" series, PBS takes a look at the world's exploding urban population. Includes video clips and educational resources.
Department of Defense
Do Dea: Ap Us History: Unit 5: A New Order
This extensive learning module examines the impact of the Gilded Age upon new cultural and intellectual movements, expansion of foreign trade, and political debates over economic and social policies, as well as the impact of the rise of...
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