Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Properties of Logarithms
The properties of logarithms are presented here, along with examples of how to apply to them to situations like population growth.
Incorporated Research Institutions for Seismology
Iris: New Madrid: What if the 1811 12 New Madrid Earthquakes Happened Today?
A timeline from 1800 to 2010 that shows population growth of the United States. It shows the impact of the 1811-1812 New Madrid earthquake would have today.
Council for Economic Education
Econ Ed Link: Economic Sectors and International Development
Using poverty rate as a measure of development, learners select countries five at a time to compare how resources are allocated to three economic sectors (agriculture, industrial, service). After making comparisons, students will...
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National Science Digital Library: Smile: Habitat Overcrowding
Experiment with crowd control in a garden. Students will test what happens to radish plants observing who survives, who gets the most food, water and sunlight.
SparkNotes
Spark Notes: Social Trends of the 1950s
Spark Notes gives a brief overview of the 1950s from consumerism and conformity to poverty to youthful rebellion. A good review of this important decade in American history.
Curated OER
Estados Unidos De Am
Review accurate and up to date statistics on the population of Hispanics in the United States. Click on the different states and find how Hispanics are becoming the number one minority in the United States.
Internet History Sourcebooks Project
Fordham University: Modern History Sourcebook: Spread of Industrialization
This website from the Fordham University presents industrial data of the leading countries involved in the Industrial Revolution. Provides population statistics, illiteracy, railway expansion, and mineral output.
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Math in Daily Life
Read about what math has to do with cooking, chances of winning a game, even decorating your home. Teachers may want to peruse this site for ideas about real world applications in their lesson planning.
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Census
Try this real world challenge that focuses on data collection, data analysis, and problem solving with information from the U.S. Census Bureau. Discover how these skills are applied in real life situations in this one page activity from...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe Science: Biodiversity and Conservation: Chapter Test Practice
Take this fifteen question practice assessment to review the concepts of biological diversity and conservation.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Claim Testers: Episode 3 Planting Seeds
The claim-testing gang find themselves in a bind and conduct their own experiment to show how agriculture leads to more complex societies.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: The Baby Boom
Find out why there were so many babies born in the United States after World War II.
Other
Canadian Centre for Energy Information: Canada Fueled by Resources [Pdf]
In this teaching unit for Grades 4 and 5, students learn about Canada's petroleum resources, the impact on the environment from our use of them, and how the geography Of Canada affects things like population distribution and regional...
Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Gilder Lehrman Institute: History by Era: The Age of Jackson
[Free Registration/Login Required] Read about the growth of the United States in population, economy, territory during the Age of Jackson. Named after the dynamic president, Andrew Jackson, the age encompassed much more than Jackson's...
Curated OER
Unesco: Palau: Rock Islands Southern Lagoon
Rock Islands Southern Lagoon covers 100,200 ha and includes 445 uninhabited limestone islands of volcanic origin. Many of them display unique mushroom-like shapes in turquoise lagoons surrounded by coral reefs. The aesthetic beauty of...
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The Geography Site
The Geography Site offers many links for your geography research. Links offered are to physical geography, human geography, environment, online lessons, and much more.
PBS
Pbs in the Mix: Teen Immigrants Five American Stories
A companion site to the PBS show, In the Mix. Gives an overview and transcripts from an episode featuring five teens from Russia, the Dominican Republic, Guinea, and Tanzania. Also features a timeline of immigration history and an...
Other
Esc 20: What Happens to Jobs When Cities Grow? [Pdf]
A lesson examining how the urbanization of Texas has impacted on the types of jobs and occupations available to people.
The World Bank
World Bank: Data Catalog
This resource provides statistical data on numerous categories for nearly every country in the world. A great tool for a comparative analysis. Human, natural, and capital resources are all included.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The Calcumites Are Coming! Ti 83
Students model the growth of a population and compare ideal growth with a population whose growth is limited. They use technology to find exponential and logistic regression equations and use them to plot models.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The Rise of American Industry
The Industrial Revolution came to America, smuggled in by Samuel Slater, who brought plans for a cotton-spinning mill. See how the growth of industry led to the growth of corporations, the growth of the nation geographically, and the...
Countries and Their Cultures
Countries and Their Cultures: Swazi
"Swazi" refers to the nation, tribe, or ethnic group, or an individual, "siSwati" to the language. SiSwati speakers are found in Swaziland, South Africa, and Mozambique. Within Swaziland, the population (the great majority of which is...
Oswego City School District
Regents Prep: Ecosystems/communities
Abiotic factors vary in the environment and determining the types and numbers of organisms that exist in that environment. Factors which determine the types and numbers of organisms of a species in an ecosystem are called limiting...
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