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US Census Bureau

Us Census Bureau: International Data Base

For Students 9th - 10th
Statistical data on the population and demographics of 228 countries, including change, sex ratios, life expectancy, and percent with HIV/AIDS. There are also detailed explanations of the means of producing these statistics. It is...
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Activity
Other

Population Connection: Food for Thought [Pdf]

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson plan and activity will demonstrate how differences in population and resource use combine to affect a population's quality of life. Population demographics, land use patterns, energy, and wealth are explored to increase...
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Website
Other

Measuring Worth: What Was the Gdp Then?

For Students 9th - 10th
Use this calculator to figure out nominal GDP, real GDP, the GDP deflator, population, nominal GDP per capita, and real GDP per capita between any years from 1790 to 2005.
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Website
Geographyiq

Geography Iq

For Students 9th - 10th
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...
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Website
Other

Le Senegal Geographique

For Students 9th - 10th
This resource offers a detailed geography of Senegal. It provides pictures of sites of attraction and cities. There are also links to major parks.
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Handout
ArgentinaXplora.com

Argentinaexplora.com: Aspectos Geograficos

For Students 9th - 10th
Spanish content; this web page looks at the geography and demographics of the South American country Argentina.
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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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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Limiting Factors to Population Growth

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Recognize limiting factors to the population growth and understand how the factors influence the growth in poplution.
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Unit Plan
CK-12 Foundation

Ck 12: Episd: Population Growth Patterns

For Students 9th - 10th
[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Check out the patterns of population growth and recognize the exponential and logistic growth similarities and differences.
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Interactive
BBC

Bbc: Estados Unidos De America/united States of America

For Students 9th - 10th
Review accurate and up to date statistics on the population of Hispanics in the United States. Click on the different states and find how Hispanics are becoming the number one minority in the United States.
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BBC

Bbc: Introduccion

For Students 9th - 10th
Get the latest statistical updates on the Hispanic presence in the United States. View the 2000-2100 year graph and compare the growth spurts over time. Also view the demographic breakdown of the states that have the greatest Hispanic...
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Unit Plan
CPALMS

Florida State University Cpalms: Florida Students: Population Interactions

For Students 9th - 10th
In this tutorial, students will study populations learning about how interactions can affect size. Tutorial explores competition, predation, and symbiosis.
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Unit Plan
Open Ed

Open Ed Sci: 7.5 Ecosystem Dynamics

For Teachers 7th - 9th
This unit on ecosystem dynamics and biodiversity begins with students reading headlines that claim that the future of orangutans is in peril and that the purchasing of chocolate may be the cause. Students launch a scientific...
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Interactive
Concord Consortium

Concord Consortium: Stem Resources: The Virtual Ecosystem

For Students 3rd - 8th
What does competition for food do to a population? Experience what happens to a rabbit population with limited resources in this virtual ecosystem. At the end of the exercise, there are questions relating to concepts reviewed.
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Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Holt, Rinehart and Winston: Homework Help Independent Practice: Samples and Surveys

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
Get independent practice working with samples and surveys. Each incorrect response gets a text box explanation and another try. Correct responses are confirmed.
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: Thomas Malthus

For Students 9th - 10th
University of California Berkeley offers a description of how Malthus' book "Essay on the Principle of Population" influenced Darwin and Wallace while they worked on their theories of natural selection.
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Handout
University of California

Ucmp: Nematoda Roundworms

For Students 9th - 10th
General info from the University of California on the the physical characteristics and population ecology of roundworms.
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Website
National Council of Teachers of Mathematics

The Math Forum: Probability and Statistics

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page is a math home page that includes information on all topics of probability and statistics.
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Handout
Wolfram Research

Wolfram Math World: Population

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
MathWorld offers a number of related meanings for population in the realm of statistics.
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Handout
University of Georgia

University of Georgia: Definitions in Statistics

For Students 6th - 8th Standards
This site contains definitions to use in statistics and ways to collect data.
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Science Today Growing Bigger by the Decade

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students will examine the current and predicted population data from the countries included in the USA TODAY Snapshot "Growing bigger by the decade".
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Activity
Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments: Getting Started With the Ti Navigator: Population Change

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson introduces students to Activity Center and is intended to help students develop the understanding of how use population information to compute populations, changes and to develop population models to make predictions.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Predatory Prey Relationships: The Fox and the Rabbit Game

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity helps students understand how predator-prey interactions affect population sizes and how competitive interactions affect population sizes. They will also explore the major factors that influence the predator-prey relationship.
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Lesson Plan
Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Environmental Interactions: Connectedness of a Natural System

For Teachers 9th - 10th
A field experience where students undergo an exploration in a natural environment. They are introduced to the concepts of species, population, community, ecosystem, niche, and biosphere.