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The Earth Times

For Students 9th - 10th
The Earth Times newspaper covers the latest in environmental issues such as world population, conflict-resolution, governance, human-rights and trade.
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Read Works

Read Works: Seven Billion and Counting

For Teachers 2nd - 5th Standards
[Free Registration/Login Required] An informational text about the increasing world population. A question sheet is available to help students build skills in reading comprehension.
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Linking Environment and Farming: Simply Sustainable Soils [Pdf]

For Students 9th - 10th
With increasing pressure on the world's natural environment and resources it is essential that we develop farming systems that have a low impact on the environment, and are also highly productive in meeting the needs of a growing global...
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Produce News: Iowa Born Norman Ernest Borlaug Left His Legacy

For Students 9th - 10th
An article describing Borlaug's work to provide ways for people all over the world to grow adequate food, and the inspiration his work has had on others who are searching for ways to provide food and water to a growing world population.
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Nature Canada

Northern Icon in Peril: Global Warming Threatens the World's Polar Bears

For Students 9th - 10th
Did you know that Canada lists the polar bear as a, 'species of special concern.' This page provides a glimpse at how climate change is effecting polar bears in the Canadian Arctic. You will also find some basic polar bear facts: size,...
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Complexity and the Future

For Students 9th - 10th
Will our descendants enjoy lives that are richer, more fulfilled, healthier, and in general better than those of today? Or will human societies collapse under the strain of depleted resources, brutal conflicts, and environmental damage?...
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McGraw Hill

Glencoe: "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke": Student Web Activity

For Students 9th - 10th
Students will work online using the Coca Cola Company Web site to learn about global economics. They will find the regions where Coca-Cola Company operations take place, and what economic conditions have a negative impact on sales. They...
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A&E Television

History.com: How Portugal's Seafaring Expertise Launched the Age of Exploration

For Students 9th - 10th
In the 15th century, a small kingdom with a population of approximately 1 million launched the era of maritime exploration that would transform the world. Portugal turned to the boundless Atlantic Ocean as its only outlet to the wider...
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University of Minnesota

University of Minnesota: Urbanization & Migration in the Developing World

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This lesson presents the scale of recent urbanization in different global regions and the diverse roles that migrants play in contributing to urbanization. The following graph, map, video, and news report provide a general overview of...
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PBS

Pbs: American Experience: Mass Exodus From the Plains

For Students 9th - 10th
This site is from PBS.org explaining the migration of people out of the plains during the dust bowl. Use this article to learn all about the reasons people left and where they went.
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BBC

Bbc: Resource Depletion: Opportunity or Looming Catastrophe?

For Students 9th - 10th
The depletion of the world's natural resources threatens the very survival of humans. This article discusses the causes and consequences of our overuse of natural resources, projections for our future, and what types of solutions are...
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Climate Literacy

Clean: Coral Bleaching: A White Hot Problem

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students investigate coral bleaching using water temperature data from the NOAA National Data Buoy Center. Then they learn about the habitat of corals, the stresses on coral populations, and the impact of increased sea surface...
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Climate Central: Surging Seas

For Students 9th - 10th
An interactive map that shows how areas will be effective by rising sea levels. See the flooding risks down to the neighborhood. Also find statistics of affected populations, homes and lands. There is also factsheets, widgets, and action...
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Mr. Dowling's Passport: Life Expectancy Around the World

For Students 6th - 8th
From the CIA World Fact Book, this chart displays life expectancy statistics by country. Also links to data from the last two years.
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National Earth Science Teachers Association

Windows to the Universe: Feeling the Heat

For Teachers 9th - 10th
For this lesson students learn about the urban heat island effect by investigating which areas of their schoolyard have higher temperatures. Then they analyze data about how the number of heat waves in an urban area has increased over...
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NASA

Nasa: Astronomy Picture of the Day:

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A different image is featured each day along with descriptive narrative. NASA offers different and sometimes unexpected views of our Earth and the universe.
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American Institute of Biological Sciences

Action Bioscience: Species, Speciation and the Environment

For Students 9th - 10th
The American Institute of Biological Sciences offers this article by Niles Eldredge, evolutionary theorist and curator at the American Museum of Natural History. Eldredge begins with Darwin's theories and summarizes subsequent thought,...
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: A Subsistence Culture Impacted by Climate Change

For Students 9th - 10th
This short video explains how warmer temperatures in the Arctic are transforming the ecosystem and affecting the Athabaskan people, threatening their way of life. [2:59]
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Khan Academy

Khan Academy: Web Links

For Students 9th - 10th
Helpful links for research on the Anthropocene Era.
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Curated OER

Bbc: Report Reveals Global Slum Crisis

For Students 9th - 10th
Outlines the problems of the urban populations in Subsaharan African countries. Examines why the people move into these communities and why they get stuck there.
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Migration

For Students 3rd - 8th
Learn about the movement of people from one place to another with this informative look at migration. Discover the push and pull factors, migration into Europe, and the main types of migration.
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PBS

Pbs Learning Media: Problems Facing Internally Displaced Persons Worldwide

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Students use video segments from the PBS series Women, War & Peace, as well as information from the Internal Displacement Monitoring Centre and the United Nations to learn more about internally displaced populations.
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Georgia Department of Education

Ga Virtual Learning: Ap Environmental Science: Water Pollution and Treatment

For Students 9th - 10th
Students learn about water management, treatment and purification- global issues that must be addressed to ensure a continued supply of safe water for the growing human population and for the organisms with which we share this planet.
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National Geographic

National Geographic: National Geography Standards Migration

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Detailed site that explains the National Geography Standards. It supplies an extensive explanation of voluntary and involuntary migration. This information is helpful for developing a better understanding of migration and human movement.

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