Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Numb3 Rs: Exponential Modeling
Based off of the hit television show NUMB3RS, this lesson introduces students to exponential equations, their graphs, and their application in the real world. The lesson is framed in the context of the number of cell phone users for a...
AllRefer
All refer.com: East Germany: Economy
Breaks down East German economy from 1984 into eight categories: Gross National Product (GNP), energy and mining, industry, agriculture, foreign trade, balance of trade, exchange rate, and fiscal policy. Each category contains a succinct...
Geographic
Photius Coutsoukis Home Page: Honduras People
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.
City University of New York
Brooklyn College: Direct Microscopic Counts
Guidelines for an activity through which you, acting as a research assistant for a wine merchant, work to grow a microbe under different conditions.
Other
New Jersey Dept. Of Education: Educational Technology
The New Jersey Department of Education promotes the use and growth of technology in the classroom by offering newsletters, information on such areas as protecting network privacy, state and national conferences and resource links,...
Annenberg Foundation
Annenberg Learner: Economics U$a: 21st Century Edition
A micro and macroeconomics course for 21st century learners. 28 half-hour videos sessions with text and guides regarding markets, firms, supply and demand, perfect competition and inelastic demand, economic efficiency, monopolies,...
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics
Nctm: Figure This: Animal Ages
An investigation for the animal lovers that focuses on measurement conversion, data analysis, and calculating growth rates.
Interactive Mathematics
Interactive Mathematics: Dow Jones Industrial Average
Students experience how exponential functions are related to the stock market through exponential growth and decay graphs.
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Algebra Ii: Construct Exponential Models
Given a verbal description of the rate of change of a real world situation, find the exponential function that models it. Students receive immediate feedback and have the opportunity to try questions repeatedly, watch a video or receive...
Other
The American Interest: China's Place in u.s. Foreign Policy
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...
Khan Academy
Khan Academy: Functions in Asymptotic Notation
A discussion of asymptotic notation in relation to the rate of growth of an algorithm's running time.
US Census Bureau
U.s. Census Bureau: Population Change and Distribution [Pdf]
This U.S. Census Web site gives current and past information on population changes and distribution. Must have an Adobe Reader to access.
Geographyiq
Geography Iq
Detailed geographical information on any country is available at this site. Within the World Map section, you can get facts and figures about each country's geography, demographics, government, political system, flags, historical and...
McGraw Hill
Glencoe: The United States Economy
This site gives a concise outlook of the United States Economy in the early twenty-first century. The summary is brief, but it is easy to read and understand. Includes numerous links to graphs.
Wisc-Online
Wisc Online: Inflation
This online slideshow teaches students about the economic concept of inflation.
Other
Mother Jones: What It Will Take
This blog article discusses population growth in the context of wealth, poverty, women's rights and birth control.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Something's Fishy
In this activity, students examine the size, mass, and growth rates for three species of fish. They interpolate and extrapolate from best-fit models. Students compare the growth rates of endothermic and exothermic animals.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Growing Babies
In this activity, students observe and graph data about human fetal growth rates. Students build a regression model based on the data and compare values with those of other mammals. They also compare the data to non-mammal species.
CK-12 Foundation
Ck 12: Biology: Human Population Study Guide
This comprehensive study guide covers the main terms and concepts needed for a unit on the growth of the human population.
Other
Arlington Public Schools: Graphing Exponential Functions [Pdf]
Students are given examples of graphing exponential functions as well as the difference between exponential growth versus exponential decay graphs.
Curated OER
Kids Health: Old Wives' Tales
Will wearing shoes help a baby walk sooner? Does caffeine stunt a child's growth? Does chocolate cause acne? Find old wives' tales about pregnancy, infants, food, coffee, and illness, and answers to the above questions.
Other
Economic History Services: Measuring Worth
Students investigate the worth of a (US) dollar or a (British) pound, the relative value, purchasing power, and inflation rates. The resource consists of explanations, calculators, measures of worth, and data sets.
World Food Programme
United Nations World Food Programme: Peru
World Food Programme is the United Nations frontline agency in the fight against global hunger. This site covers why Peru's economic growth rate has not been sufficient to reduce poverty or food insecurity and the resultant migration...
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: Binding the Nation by Rail
Read about the explosive growth of railroad track across the United States after the Civil War. Find out about the building of the Transcontinental Railroad, the men who made fortunes from the railroads, and the first American regulatory...
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