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McGraw Hill

Mc Graw Hill Higher Education: Johnson Explorations: Photosynthesis

For Students 3rd - 8th
Photosynthesis is illustrated in this interactive. Begin by looking at a chloroplast and follow the path of electrons throughout. Discover what can affect the rate of photosynthesis by adjusting the light intensity and light wavelength.
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Travel Document Systems

Tds: British Virgin Islands: People

For Students 9th - 10th
This chart with information about the people of the British Virgin Islands is compiled from the CIA World Fact Book. You can find out about the median age, education, religions, and ethnic groups.
Activity
Cool Math

Coolmath: Graph of Exponentials

For Students 6th - 9th
This algebra lesson explains how to graph exponentials.
Lesson Plan
Illustrative Mathematics

Illustrative Mathematics: A ced.a.1 & a rei.d.1: Intro. To Polynomials: College

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This task serves as an introduction to polynomials or as an application after students are familiar with exponential functions. Aligns with A-REI.D.11.
Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Algebra: Graphs of Exponential Functions

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Students learn to recognize, evaluate and graph exponential functions. Students examine guided notes, review guided practice, watch instructional videos and attempt...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Exponential vs. Linear Models

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a description of a real-world relationship, determine whether that relationship is linear or exponential.
Handout
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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Digital History

Digital History: Reaganomics

For Students 9th - 10th
This on "Reaganomics," President Reagan's economic policy during his two presidential terms in the 1980s, discusses his laissez-faire approach and tax-cutting, which contributed to the economic recovery of that period.
Lesson Plan
Council for Economic Education

Econ Ed Link: How Is Our Economy Doing?

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students learn the meaning and measurement of six important economic indicators and use the St. Louis Federal Reserve Bank National Economic Trends website to assess the current state of the economy.
Article
Population Connection

Population Connection: 7 Billion

For Students 9th - 10th
This fact sheet from the non-profit organization Population Connection addresses the problem of overpopulation as the Earth approaches 7 billion residents. Includes statistics and details the reasons why many experts are concerned about...
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Texas A&M University

Texas a & M University: Root Function in Grass Plants

For Students 9th - 10th
This site from the Texas A & M University discusses some factors which influencethe growth and development of rootsin various species of grass plants.Relates root nutrient absorptionto the photosynthetic rate in these plants.
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Other

Money: Money Basics

For Students 9th - 10th
This page provides money basics including the two kinds of money, the creation of money, reserve ratio requirements, controlling the price of credit, the Fed's reactive role, limiting bank lending, limiting money supply growth, and the...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Interpret Change in Exponential Models

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a function that models an exponential situation, find the factor by which the quantity changes per unit time interval. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or...
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Other

City Data

For Students 9th - 10th
A great source for finding stats and data about U.S. cities compiled from a variety of government and commercial sources. Profiles both large and small cities and includes maps, pictures, population, income and geographical data.
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Other

Indiana Biolab: Using Scien. Notation to Study Bacteria

For Students 9th - 10th
Whoa! scientific notation in the real world. A lab's own paper on scinotation. Somewhat messy, but sort of fascinating.
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Mocomi & Anibrain Digital Technologies

Mocomi: What Is Gdp?

For Students 2nd - 8th
Learn how to find a nation's GDP and the three ways it can be measured.
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Other

Teach Me Finance: Finance Tutorials

For Students 9th - 10th
Are you looking to learn basic financial concepts? Teach Me Finance offers easy-to-use tutorials that introduce learner's to financial literacy.
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US Department of Labor

Bureau of Labor Statistics: Occupational Employment Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th
Compares occupations in terms of numbers employed, projected employment growth, earnings, education and training requirements, opportunities for self-employment and part-time work, and unemployment rate.
Website
Government of Canada

Health Canada: The Scoop on Smoking

For Students 9th - 10th
In addition to giving the facts about smoking, this youth-focused resource also deals with many young people's misconception that they are immune from the negative effects of smoking. For instance, smoking reduces the rate of lung growth...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Algebra I: Exponential vs. Linear Models

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Given a description of a real-world relationship, determine whether that relationship is linear or exponential. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive hints.
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The Federal Reserve System

Federal Reserve Board: Structural Changes in the Economy and Financial Markets

For Students 9th - 10th
This site has a speech given by Alan Greenspan December 5, 2000. It discusses the economic changes the United States had undergone in the 1990s. The reading is sophisticated, but some of the information is written to be accessible to...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Global Trends Quiz

For Students 9th - 10th
In this interactive quiz from NOVA, take the Environmental Challenge and test your knowledge of human impact on the world's natural resources and climate.
Lesson Plan
PBS

Pbs Teachers:costa Rica: Why So Many Frogs?

For Teachers 4th - 8th
Explore the different stages in the growth of a frog, explain why organisms produce large numbers of young and determine the survival rate of a population of tadpoles under controlled conditions.
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Other

The American Interest: China's Place in u.s. Foreign Policy

For Students 9th - 10th
China's remarkable aggregation of national power over the past 35 years has been a source of wonderment: to economists, who have been surprised by that country's consistently high rate of growth; to political scientists, who are at a...

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