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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Population Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes how rates of birth, death, immigration, and emigration affect population growth.
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Scholastic

Scholastic: Study Jams! Science: Ecosystems: Population Growth

For Students 3rd - 8th
Population in areas is most often determined by environmental factors. This video and the test will help ensure understanding of the trends of population growth with scientific evidence.
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Center for Innovation in Engineering and Science Education, Stevens Institute of Technology

Ciese: Population Growth Project

For Teachers 9th - 10th
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.
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TeachEngineering

Teach Engineering: Population Growth Curves

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Using Avida-ED freeware, students control a few factors in an environment populated with digital organisms, and then compare how changing these factors affects population growth. They experiment by altering the environment size (similar...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Earth Science: Future Human Population Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes future population growth.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Activity: Population Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
In this activity, you will study and analyze the nature and patterns of human population growth over the last 10,000 years. This will help you understand the differences between population growth before and after the Modern Revolution.
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US Census Bureau

U.s. Census Bureau: Population Change and Distribution [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
This U.S. Census Web site gives current and past information on population changes and distribution. Must have an Adobe Reader to access.
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Malthusian Population Growth and Population Pyramids

For Students 9th - 10th
Read this passage and study the graphics to answer the five-question quiz that follows.
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Palomar Community College District

Palomar College: Principles of Population Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
An excellent interactive review from Palomar College of population growth and how it can be described. Try out the interactive calculators of population size.
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Other

Population for Countries and Cities Around the World

For Students 9th - 10th
Site calculates and approximates populations for numerous major cities around the world, and also has information about world countries as well.
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Population Connection

Population Connection

For Students 9th - 10th
This is the official home of Population Connection (formerly Zero Population Growth), a non-profit organization focused on slowing population growth. This site offers current information on government legislation and policy in this...
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US Census Bureau

U.s. Census Bureau: Population Clocks

For Students 9th - 10th
This U.S. Census Bureau Web site has two population clocks with notes available. One clock shows the population increase for the United States. The other shows the world population increase.
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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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Geographic

Photius Coutsoukis Home Page: Honduras People

For Students 9th - 10th
This short but informative site covers the Honduran people, population, age structure, population growth rate, birth rate, death rate, migration rate, infant mortality, life expectancy and much more. Information current to 1999.
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Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Datos Estadisticos De Hispanoamerica

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource has a comparison of statistical data on all Spanish-speaking countries. Countries are compared and ranked according to land mass, population, population density, annual population growth, life expectancy, infant mortality...
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Demographic Transition

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the four stages of demographic transition.
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CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Biology: Demographic Transition

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Discusses the four stages of demographic transition.
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Math Today Population on the Move

For Teachers 9th - 10th Standards
In this activity students will determine the rate of change (slope) & build a linear model (y = mx + b) from this data. The model will be used to make a prediction about the future growth of the population of the U.S. if the current...
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Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Exponential Functions: Growth and Decay

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students can use exponential functions to study growth and decay. Students will solve word problems ranging from population to interest rates.
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Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: Paraguay

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource site in Spanish for the country of Paraguay. The flag and a general map of the country are included. Of particular interest is the statistical data available on land size, climate, population, life expectancy, infant...
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Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: El Salvador

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource site in Spanish for the country of El Salvador. The flag and a general map of the country are included. Of particular interest is the statistical data available on land size, climate, population, life expectancy, infant...
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Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: Costa Rica

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource site in Spanish for the country of Costa Rica. The flag and a general map of the country are included. Of particular interest is the statistical data available on land size, climate, population, life expectancy, infant...
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Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: Colombia

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource is on the country of Colombia. The flag and a general map of the country are included. Of particular interest is the statistical data available on land size, climate, population, life expectancy, infant mortality rate, and...
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Biblioteca Virtual Miguel de Cervantes

Biblioteca Virtual Miguel De Cervantes: Espana

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource site in Spanish for the country of Spain. The flag and a general map of the country are included. Of particular interest is the statistical data available on land size, climate, population, life expectancy, infant mortality...