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Population

For Students 9th - 10th
Population directly effects our everyday lives in many ways. Explore the effects of population by learning about population density, population distribution, and population change.
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United Nations

Unpi: World Population Ageing 1950 2050 [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
Graphically displays the growth of the world's population with projections for 2050. Study's changes in such statistics as median age for particular countries, age demographic shifts, and the disparity between "developed" and...
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Texas State Historical Association

Texas State Historical Association: Cities and Towns in Texas [Pdf]

For Teachers 4th - 8th
An activity guide where young scholars refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. For this lesson, they investigate changes in population for different Texas counties, and...
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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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PBS

Nova: Global Trends Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
How is the human population changing? This quiz covers population trends in the developed world, and the developing world. Explore the impact human population growth is having on the environment.
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PBS

Nova: Earth in Peril

For Students 9th - 10th
A series of nine maps with accompanying explanations. They show how population growth has affected the environment around the world in terms of water availability, climate change, land and forest use, and more. There are both interactive...
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Council for Economic Education

Econedlink: Economic Growth Video and Quiz

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This video teaches the concept of Economic Growth. Economic growth refers to the ability of the economy to increase its total real output or real GDP, or its real output per person. The website contains an interactive quiz and links for...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Lesson Summary: Economic Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
In this lesson summary review and remind yourself of the key terms and concepts related to economic growth, including expansion of capital, technological change, and human capital. This resource is designed as a review for the AP...
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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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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: Activity: This Threshold Today

For Students 9th - 10th
Use the Internet to search for news stories about the Modern Revolution and discuss the provided questions. Helpful links are provided to get you started.
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Ohio State University

Ohio State University: The Data Center

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains publications about the status of Ohio, population change, and current trends.
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Ohio State University

Ohio State University: The Data Center

For Students 9th - 10th
This site contains publications about the status of Ohio, population change, and current trends.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Westward Expansion, 1790 1850

For Students 9th - 10th
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.
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US Census Bureau

Us Census Bureau: International Data Base

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Other

Eh.net Encyclopedia: The u.s.economy in the 1920s

For Students 9th - 10th
A comprehensive look at the economic growth in the U.S. in the 1920s. Provides statistical information on national product, income and prices, population and labor, agriculture, productivity, coal and petroleum, energy and...
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State Library of North Carolina

N Cpedia: Population: Change

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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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]
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Other

Texas Wide Open for Business: Overview of the Texas Economy [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
From the Office of the Governor Economic Development and Tourism, this document provides a snapshot of the Texas economy. It reports on employment data, population demographics, real estate values, industries, trade, etc. from 2015.
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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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PBS

Wgbh/pbs: Westward Expansion 1860 1890

For Students 9th - 10th
Many changes across the country during the westward expansion were features that could be captured on a map. Review this map and select characteristics to be illustrated. Characteristics such as population, major cities, railroads, and...
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Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: Confliction Selection Pressures

For Students 9th - 10th
Investigate how selection pressures and natural selection influence populations growth with this computer model. Understand how a population changes when selection pressures are in conflict. Perform the virtual lab to see what happens to...
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Curated OER

Unesco: Palau: Rock Islands Southern Lagoon

For Students 9th - 10th
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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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today for Ti Navigator System More of u.s.

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using the USA TODAY Snapshot, "More of U.S.," students will learn how to interpret data presented in a graphical form. Students will determine the rate of change (slope) and build a linear model (y = mx + b) from this data. The model...