CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Recent and Future Population Growth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses recent human population growth and predictions of future population growth.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Future Human Population Growth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes future population growth.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Population Growth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how rates of birth, death, immigration, and emigration affect population growth.
Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology
Ciese: Population Growth Project
In this collection of nine lessons, learners use data from the U.S. Census to create population growth models and to examine the impact of changes in population factors such as age, demographic, etc.
TeachEngineering
Teach Engineering: Cellular Respiration and Population Growth
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Revolutions in Human Population Growth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes causes of increased population growth.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Life Science: Human Population
[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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Population Growth Patterns
[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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Agriculture and Human Population Growth
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] How advances in agriculture have been able to sustain larger human populations.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Human Population
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Overview of early human population growth.
Other
Resources for Implementation: Rabbit Populations
A lesson in which students create mathematical models to represent rabbit population growths and then compare the models.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Population Structure
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how population pyramids and survivorship curves relate to population structure.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Growth of Human Populations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how the human population is rapidly expanding.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Growth of Human Populations
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how the human population is rapidly expanding.
Council for Economic Education
Econedlink: Economic Growth Video and Quiz
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...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Demographic Transition
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the four stages of demographic transition.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Demographic Transition
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the four stages of demographic transition.
Texas State Historical Association
Texas State Historical Association: Cities and Towns in Texas [Pdf]
An activity guide where learners refer to the Texas Almanac, which is free to download, for information needed to complete assigned tasks. In this lesson, they investigate changes in population for different Texas counties, and the...
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Earth Science: Overpopulation and Over Consumption
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes issues caused by increased population growth.
TED Talks
Ted: Ted Ed: What Would Happen if Every Human Suddenly Disappeared?
What would happen if suddenly, every human on Earth disappeared? Dan Kwartler investigates.
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.
Other
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 Teachers: Tree Mendous Plots [Pdf]
To teach students how to use collect and use real-life data, use this lesson to create, populate and analyze graphs to interpret data related to the growth of plants from seeds. The lesson then asks students to create a story about the...
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.