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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: 12.5 Population Growth Limits

For Students 5th - 9th
Discover how ecosystems respond to population growth limits.
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Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: Population Growth: Friend or Foe?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
The environment has recently been the focus of much research and discussion. Because productive resources are limited, it is important that we use resources wisely to ensure that resources will be available for use in future generations....
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Cellular Respiration and Population Growth

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Two lessons and their associated activities explore cellular respiration and population growth in yeasts. Yeast cells are readily obtained and behave predictably, so they are very appropriate to use in middle school classrooms. In the...
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Population Growth in Yeasts

For Teachers 6th - 8th
This lesson is the second of two that explore cellular respiration and population growth in yeasts. In the first lesson, students set up a simple way to indirectly observe and quantify the amount of respiration occurring in...
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Other

Texas Population Growth, Projections, and Implications [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
A report analyzing the population changes that have occurred in Texas since the middle of the 20th century, and the expected projections for the future. It breaks the numbers down by race and ethnicity to show that Hispanics will...
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Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Principles of Population Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent interactive review from Palomar College of population growth and how it can be described. Try out the interactive calculators of population size.
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Geographypods

Geographypods: Theme 1: Population and Settlement

For Students 9th - 10th
A rich collection of highly engaging learning modules on topics related to population and settlement. Covers six main areas - population growth, population change, population migration, land use, settlement characteristics and patterns,...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Population Growth Patterns

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] What does population growth mean? You can probably guess that it means the number of individuals in a population is increasing. The population growth rate tells you...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Limiting Factors to Population Growth

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] For a population to be healthy, factors such as food, nutrients, water and space, must be available. Limiting factors are resources or other factors in the...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Revolutions in Human Population Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes causes of increased population growth.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Population Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, you will study and analyze the nature and patterns of human population growth over the last 10,000 years. This will help you understand the differences between population growth before and after the Modern Revolution.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Agriculture and Human Population Growth Study Guide

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key points about the evolution of agriculture and how it has impacted human population growth. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.
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US Census Bureau

Population Pyramids

For Students 9th - 10th
Visual representations of population distribution by age and sex for any country.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Biomes and Population Dynamics

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson begins with a PowerPoint slideshow that covers important ecological concepts about biomes, limiting factors, carrying capacity, and population growth. Learners will look at the population dynamics involved with the diversity...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Life Science: Human Population

For Students 6th - 8th
[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...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Population Growth Patterns

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students will identify the definition of carrying capacity and analyze other types of growth patterns of a population and relate these to the population dynamics of...
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Population Growth 2

For Students 9th - 10th
Population growth simulator finding the rate of growth.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Population Growth 3

For Students 9th - 10th
Population growth simulator with rate and time.
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US Census Bureau

U.s. Census Bureau: Population Change and Distribution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This U.S. Census Web site gives current and past information on population changes and distribution. Must have an Adobe Reader to access.
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United Nations

United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs: Population

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent source for credible population data. Contains links to the world population data and demographic trends and themes.
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Population Connection

Population Connection

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the official home of Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth), a non-profit organization focused on slowing population growth. This site offers current information on government legislation and policy in this...
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Other

Population Education: Homepage

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
Population Education provides teacher training and a variety of teacher tools to help educators on population concepts such as population growth, overpopulation, our effect on the environment, and related resources.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Malthusian Population Growth and Population Pyramids

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this passage and study the graphics to answer the five-question quiz that follows.
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Cool Math

Coolmath: Population Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
Explanation and examples for solving population growth problems.

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