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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Boomburbs

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A boomburb is a new urban phenomena that has emerged in the last 20 years along with the growth of the Sunbelt and its suburban-dominated forms of urbanization. Boomburbs are rapidly growing suburban cities and represent a new...
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Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Constituciones Hispanoamericanas

For Students 9th - 10th
Fascinating comparison of Spanish-speaking countries. Includes the flag and a general map of each country. Statistical data is provided for each country. Constitutional and government information is available for each country.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Snapshot of u.s. Energy Use

For Students 9th - 10th
This video segment adapted from NOVA/FRONTLINE looks at American energy consumption and the resulting production of greenhouse gases. [4:59]
Online Course
Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Mit: Open Course Ware: Courses: Civil Environmental: Ecology I: The Earth System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
College-level online course highlighting the fundamentals of ecology. Course topics include coevolution of the biosphere, geosphere, atmosphere, and hydrosphere; photosynthesis and respiration; and the carbon, nitrogen, and water cycles....
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Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Survival of a Species

For Students 9th - 10th
Given scenarios, illustrations or descriptions, the student will describe how long-term survival of species is dependent on changing resource bases that are limited.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Complexity and the Future

For Students 9th - 10th
Will our descendants enjoy lives that are richer, more fulfilled, healthier, and in general better than those of today? Or will human societies collapse under the strain of depleted resources, brutal conflicts, and environmental damage?...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: F Le Illegal Fish

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this task, students learn about exponential functions when they investigate the exponential growth of an invasive fish population. Aligns with F-LE.B.5 and F-LE.A.1.c.
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Geographic

Geographic: Dominican Republic People

For Students 9th - 10th
This site provides facts on the people of Dominican Republic.
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Other

U.s. History Timeline: 1865 1900

For Students 9th - 10th
A thumbnail look at the many things occurring in the United States in the last half half of the 19th century. The topics covered are Gilded Age Politics, the "New Imperialism," Industrial America, Growth of Labor, Urbanization,...
Article
BBC

Bbc: Resource Depletion: Opportunity or Looming Catastrophe?

For Students 9th - 10th
The depletion of the world's natural resources threatens the very survival of humans. This article discusses the causes and consequences of our overuse of natural resources, projections for our future, and what types of solutions are...
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National Humanities Center

National Humanities Center: Toolbox Library: The Gilded and the Gritty: America, 1870 1912

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Ninety-four primary sources-historical documents, literary texts, and visual images-that explore the challenges, opportunity, and turmoil of late-nineteenth-century America. They examine the economic expansion in an America re-united...
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Polk Brothers Foundation Center for Urban Education at DePaul University

De Paul University: Center for Urban Education: Breaking the Food Chain [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th
"Breaking the Food Chain" is a one page, non-fiction, reading passage about the food chain which links plants and animals. If the food chain is disrupted, it can cause plants and animals to disappear. It is followed by...
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: British Virgin Islands: People

For Students 9th - 10th
This chart with information about the people of the British Virgin Islands is compiled from the CIA World Fact Book. You can find out about the median age, education, religions, and ethnic groups.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Baby Boom

For Students 9th - 10th
Looks at the baby boom in America after World War II - what caused it, why it lasted so long, and the far-reaching social and economic impact it has had on the United States.
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Other

New York Discovery and Settlement

For Students 9th - 10th
Gain an understanding of the settlement of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island.
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Analyze Math

Analyze Math: Applications of Differential Equations

For Students 9th - 10th
Scholars examine applications of differential equations. Examples explore how differential equations are used to model population, Newton's law of cooling, and engineering systems.
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Other

Seafriends: Soil Dependence

For Students 9th - 10th
This website looks at our dependence on soil and what it produces. It includes text, graphs, charts, illustrations and important statistics. Hosted by the Seafriends Marine Conservation and Education Center.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Ap Us History: 1865 1898: The Gilded Age: The Populists

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains the history of the Populist movement, its growth into a political party, and its later dissolution. Includes questions for students at end.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Acceleration

For Students 9th - 10th
Acceleration, an increase in the rate of change, is occurring both in the Universe and in human culture on planet Earth. This article explains these fascinating changes.
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Curated OER

Factors Limiting Population Growth of Wolves in Algonquin Park

For Students 9th - 10th
Information is given on the Eastern Wolf's appearance, migration, food, breeding and predators. Several of the topics are highlighted with video clips. Research questions and answers examine the environmental impact on the wolves in the...
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Curated OER

Www.imagesoftheworld.org

For Students 9th - 10th
With India's population topping one billion, this page deals with both population growth and sustaining the current population in India.
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Country Studies US

Country Studies: Revolution in Agriculture

For Students 9th - 10th
This site describes how even though industry was expanding in the U.S., agriculture still remained the most important occupational sector in the US. As the population grew, farmers in the U.S. had to find ways to meet the explosive...
Online Course
Cosmo Learning

Cosmo Learning: Principles of Evolution, Ecology and Behavior

For Students 9th - 10th
A collection of video lectures introducing beginning biology students to the principles of evolution, ecology, and behavior. The course was taught three times a week for a semester at Yale University. The course discusses concepts of...
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Other

Ecology: The Industrial Revolution

For Students 9th - 10th
A discussion of the effects of the Industrial Revolution on population growth, with emphasis on the question of sustainability. A great introduction to the field of ecology.

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