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Population Demographics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students explore how life expectancy has been able to increase in recent years.  In this population lesson students complete several activities and create a graph. 
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Our Aging World

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Young scholars explore how health and nutrition vary in people from different countries and backgrounds.  For this life expectancy lesson studets explore populations and health from people around the world.
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Are There Too Many Elk?

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students study elk populations in Arizona.  In this data lesson students read an article on monitoring elk populations, analyze data and make management recommendations. 
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Case of the Threespine Stickleback

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine why some freshwater populations of stickleback fish.  In this macroevolution instructional activity students read a study packet then answer questions. 
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Population Growth

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students examine the factors that affect population growth such as, the length of life cycles, carrying capacity and competition.  In this population lesson students conduct an experiment on population growth and collect data and analysis. 
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Populations- The Survival of the Fittest

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Students examine the ways that populations become diverse and how mutation changes the diversity of a population.  In this exploratory lesson students study natural selection by completing a lab activity and discussing what they learned. 
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Population Demographics

For Teachers 7th - 12th
Pupils pretend they are entrepreneurs to help create a positive mentality.  In this entrepreneurship activity students complete several activities to see how to market and advertise to a certain age group.
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Do You Want to Risk it?

For Teachers 9th - 12th
High schoolers investigate the history of natural disaster events for a given county, discuss the impact of population and the risk from natural disaster events.  In this hurricane lesson students use a geographic information system to...
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How Evolution Works

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students examine the term natural selection and what behavioral adaptations are.  In this evolution lesson students view videos about evolution and perform experiments that simulate populations that interplay between the forces of...
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Immigration Graphs

For Teachers 4th
Fourth graders study immigration. In this graphing lesson, 4th graders make a population graph of people who have immigrated to Indiana.
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Distant Relatives

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students investigate observations between widely separated populations of anchialine cave fauna.  In this biogeography lesson students discuss theories that could explain the given observations. 
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Among the Hidden - Population Math Activity

For Students 6th - 10th
In this population worksheet, students collect data on population by researching the Census Bureau and then make online graphs and answer short answer questions about the data. Students complete 5 problems total.
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Human Footprint

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students study facts about humans and how they are impacting the Earth.  In this investigative lesson students help map peoples footprints over the Earth's surface and evaluate these factors. 
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Panther Scavenger Hunt

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students research the Internet to fill out their scavenger hunt sheet.  In this research lesson students search the Internet for answers to the questions on the scavenger hunt worksheet. 
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Civilization Pie

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students define civilization as it was in ancient times.  In this world history instructional activity, students work in small groups to write a recipe that has all the combined ingredients of early civilized societies and share their...
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Geography of the United States

For Teachers 9th
Students examine the population growth of the United States.  In this Geography lesson, students construct a map of the fifty states.  Students create a graph of the population of the USA. 
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Population and Population Density

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students read and interpret graphs. In this population instructional activity, students explore population and population density as they read several data graphs and respond to questions.
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Hivernants: The Wintering Voyageurs

For Teachers 4th - 6th
Students research the history of fur posts in North America. In this North American history lesson, students apply skills of historical interpretation by collecting and analyzing data from historic sources on the fur trade expansion.
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Births and Deaths: Birth and Death Rates in European Countries

For Students 6th - 8th
In this European Union population instructional activity, students examine birth and death rates in the EU as they follow procedures to create a scatter diagram.
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Education for Global Peace

For Teachers 7th - 8th
Students survey the class and graph the results. In this graphing and data collection lesson, students conduct a survey to see where their shirts were produced. Individuals use software to graph the results and create a written...
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The Biosphere

For Students 7th - 9th
In this biosphere worksheet, students identify the different levels of organization that ecologists study. Students complete charts, sentences, and answer short answer questions.
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Population and Urbanization

For Teachers 10th - 12th
In this population and urbanization worksheet, students match 15 terms with the appropriate descriptions and respond to 8 short answer questions regarding these sociological themes.
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Reading Bar Graphs

For Students 8th
In this bar graphs worksheet, 8th graders solve and complete 10 different problems that include interpreting two different bar graphs. First, they determine the least profitable year for selling books. Then, students determine the age...
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Line Graphs

For Students 8th
In this line graphs worksheet, 8th graders solve and complete 10 different problems that include various line graphs. First, they use each line graph shown to respond to the questions that follow regarding books and population. Then,...