Curated OER
Review Resource Conflict
High schoolers get to help transition students into the final project by revisiting Resource once more. They review what resources were, those found in war and lack of resources for children. High schoolers address what resource issues...
Curated OER
Creating a School Web Site
High schoolers create websites for their school. They work in groups as a web team and devise a self-management plan. As they work on projects reflecting school life, the team edits what may appear online as the school's web site. ...
Curated OER
Most Troublesome Exotic Invasive Plant Species Web Quest
Students participate in a Web Quest activity in which they identify common exotic invasive plant species of the Southern Appalachian Region. After identifying the top 10 exotic invasive species, they choose one to research in depth.
Curated OER
Breaking News English: Corruption Widespread in 70 Countries
In this English worksheet, students read "Corruption Widespread in 70 Countries," and then respond to 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.
Curated OER
Breaking News English: Australians Happiest People in the World
In this English worksheet, students read "Australians Happiest People in the World," and then respond to 20 short answer and 7 true or false questions about the selection.
United Nations
United Nations: Department of Economic and Social Affairs: Population
An excellent source for credible population data. Contains links to the world population data and demographic trends and themes.
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United Nations
Unpi: World Population Ageing 1950 2050 [Pdf]
Graphically displays the growth of the world's population with projections for 2050. Study's changes in such statistics as median age for particular countries, age demographic shifts, and the disparity between "developed" and...
Columbia University
Nasa: Sedac: Population Distribution and Change
[Free Registration/Login Required] A collection of forty-nine data sets from SEDAC (Socioeconomic Data and Applications Center) that examine the distribution of human populations around the world and the changes that have taken place in...
Population Connection
Population Connection
Population Connection, a grassroots organization concerned about overpopulation and its affect on the quality of life, provides a wealth of materials about human population. Resources include world population fact sheets, factoids,...
ibiblio
Ibiblio: Real Time World Population Counter
This takes you directly to a world population counter, an excellent Learning Tool Java applet based on U.S. census bureau data that estimates the world's current population. Also allows users to enter their birthdate and shows the...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The World Population: Logistic Model
Students will collect world population data from the Internet, find a logistic model for the data, and use their model to predict future populations.
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: Math Today World Population in 2050
The data in the USA TODAY Snapshot "World Population in 2050" is in a relative frequency form. students can use the percents to calculate the population for each of the continents shown and then display this data as a bar graph.
Other
Monthly Review: Global Resource Depletion: Is Population the Problem?
An analysis of the global challenge of diminishing resources and how this relates to world population growth. (Published: Jan. 2013)
US Census Bureau
Population Pyramids
Visual representations of population distribution by age and sex for any country.
Geographypods
Geographypods: Theme 1: Population and Settlement
A rich collection of highly engaging learning modules on topics related to population and settlement. Covers six main areas - population growth, population change, population migration, land use, settlement characteristics and patterns,...
National Humanities Center
National Humanities Center: Teacher Serve: Choosing Future Population
Essay on population growth past, present and future and the impact on society. Includes guiding questions for students and links to related resources.
Other
World Population Highlights 2007: Urbanization
A comprehensive look at world urbanization with interesting facts to support unprecedented urban grown in recent decades. Answers the following questions: "Where will populations Grow?" and "How does urbanization affect the Environment?"
United Nations
Stats Division: Indicators on Youth & Elderly Populations
United Nations world population statistics on percent of youth and elderly in every country. Organized into a chart.
Other
Population Reference Bureau: Country Stats & Reports
This site from the Population Reference Bureau could actually be considered a search engine or the beginning page of a data base. It is a thorough source of information on global population including hyperlinks to organizational sources,...
Other
Rockefeller University: Human Population Dynamics
Mathematically attempts to model human population growth in order to discuss whether the population will skyrocket or level off long before it doubles.
Other
Population for Countries and Cities Around the World
Site calculates and approximates populations for numerous major cities around the world, and also has information about world countries as well.
Wolfram Research
Wolfram Math World: Population
MathWorld offers a number of related meanings for population in the realm of statistics.
Other
Population Connection: Food for Thought [Pdf]
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...
Texas Instruments
Texas Instruments: The World Population: Logistic Model With Ti Interactive!
In this activity, the logistic model for the growth of the world's population will be developed.