Activity
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Volume of a Pyramid: Fluctuating Height

For Students 6th - 8th
[Free Registration/Login Required] Students will follow the directions to change the pyramid's height then click 'challenge me' to answer the question about the pyramid. Click 'learn more' to further explore pyramids.
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Other

U.s. National Debt Clock: Real Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Presented to you in real time, discover the most accurate snapshot of our country's spending and debt. Numbers include individual debt per citizen, unemployment rates, Medicare spending, and the trade deficit. Watch and compare as the...
Lesson Plan
Organization for Community Networks

Academy Curricular Exchange: Supply and Demand

For Teachers 3rd - 8th
This lesson plan has students learning how markets fluctuate due to both consumers and suppliers.
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Virginia Tech

Virginia Polytechnic Institute: Greenhouse Dinosaur Extinction Theory

For Students 9th - 10th
This comprehensive page discusses the Asteroid Impact vs. Volcano-Greenhouse dinosaur extinction debate. It was written by paleontologist, professor, and scientist Dr. Dewey McLean.
Interactive
Smithsonian Institution

National Museum of Natural History: Human Evolution Timeline Interactive

For Students 9th - 10th
Explore the evidence for human evolution in this interactive timeline - climate change, species, and milestones in becoming human. During the period of human evolution, the Earth's climate has fluctuated between warm and cold. Some of...
Lesson Plan
Climate Literacy

Clean: Interactive Geologic Timeline Activity

For Teachers 9th - 10th
In this learning activity, students use a web-based geologic timeline to examine temperature, CO2 concentration, and ice cover data to investigate how climate has changed during the last 715 million years. Students will gain an...
Interactive
New York Times

New York Times: Immigration Explorer

For Students 9th - 10th
Select a foreign-born group to see how they settled across the United States. Change the year on the slider to see fluctuations over time of their migration to the U.S.
Unit Plan
Texas Education Agency

Texas Gateway: Chapter 5: How Well Gdp Measures the Well Being of Society

For Students 11th - 12th
By the end of this section, you will be able to discuss how productivity influences the standard of living, explain the limitations of GDP as a measure of the standard of living, and analyze the relationship between GDP data and...
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Tracking Real Gdp Over Time

For Students 9th - 10th
Read about fluctuations in Gross National Product (GDP) from year to year.
Unit Plan
Khan Academy

Khan Academy: The Building Blocks of Keynesian Analysis

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Keynesian economics focuses on explaining why recessions and depressions occur and offering a policy prescription for minimizing their effects. The Keynesian view of recession is based on two key building blocks: recessions occur when...
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Curated OER

Science Kids: Science Images: Universe Timeline

For Students 9th - 10th
This diagram shows a universe timeline as suggested by many scientists and theoretical physics experts. This popular timeline of the universe has different stages which include: quantum fluctuations, inflation, dark ages, first stars,...