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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Overpopulation and Over Consumption

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how the human population has grown. Some consume a tremendous amount of resources and produce a lot of waste.
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The Geography Site

For Students 9th - 10th
The Geography Site offers many links for your geography research. Links offered are to physical geography, human geography, environment, online lessons, and much more.
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PBS

Pbs Teachers: Tree Mendous Plots [Pdf]

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
To teach students how to use collect and use real-life data, use this lesson plan to create, populate and analyze graphs to interpret data related to the growth of plants from seeds. The lesson plan then asks students to create a story...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Us History: 1945 1980: The Baby Boom

For Students 9th - 10th
Find out why there were so many babies born in the United States after World War II.
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Algebra Lab: Applications of Exponential Functions

For Students 9th - 10th
Explains how exponential functions have applications in real-world scenarios, including a population of a city, the growth of bacteria, drug decay, and compounding interest. Includes four word problems to try, with hints and answers...
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PBS

Wnet: Thirteen: Ed Online: Growing, Growing, Graphing!

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
Students explore the growth population of China and use graphs and equations to display data.