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• CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS, RESERVES, HISTORIC PARKS AND RECREATION AREAS AS OF JUNE 30, 2008 ( More about this ) - Provides land area and county location data for state parks, reserves, historic parks and recreation areas in California. Submitted on: 05/25/2010 Subject: geography, North America, conservation Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• National Parks and Other National Park Service Areas, California ( More about this ) - Provides land area data for the National Parks in California. Creator: California Statistical Abstract Submitted on: 05/25/2010 Subject: geography, North America, conservation Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Business and Economics ( More about this ) - The US Geological Survey defines Business and Economics as the activities and processes associated with the production, distribution, and consumption of goods and services. This page provides links to publications and other relevant resources produced by the USGS on the topic of Business and Economics. Creator: US Geological Survey Submitted on: 05/25/2010 Subject: business, economics Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Report Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• California State Parks, Reserves, Historical Parks and Recreation Areas as of June 30, 2008 ( More about this ) - Provides land area and county location data for state parks, reserves, historic parks and recreation areas in California. Creator: California Statistical Abstract Submitted on: 05/13/2010 Subject: geography, North America, conservation Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• National Parks and Other National Park Service Areas, California ( More about this ) - Provides land area data for the National Parks in California. Creator: California Statistical Abstract Submitted on: 05/13/2010 Subject: geography, North America, conservation Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: List/Table Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• US City pop sum rank % log discrete decending ( More about this ) - Graph plotting the cumulative percentage of Americans living in metropolitan areas in the 121 largest metropolitan areas. The graph shows a logrithmic increase representing the fact that each successive metro area, by definition, adds less population than the previous one. The graph is useful for showing what percentage of Americans live in large cities -- for instance it demonstrates that 50% of Americans live in one of the 33 largest cities. The raw data are available here: http://manyeyes.alphaworks.ibm.com/manyeyes/datasets/us-rank-pop-metro-area-w-pop-and/versions/1 Creator: ManyEyes Submitted on: 05/11/2010 Subject: cities, metropolitan areas, urban areas Education Level: Middle School, High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division) Type: Graph Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Map Maker ( More about this ) - This resource allows users to create interactive maps with layers using census data for the following topics: agriculture, biology, boundaries, climate, environment, geology, history, map reference, people, transportation, and water. Creator: US Census Bureau Submitted on: 05/03/2010 Subject: agriculture, climate, environment, geography, population, thematic maps Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Map Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• "People on the Move" Lesson Plan ( More about this ) - The population of the United States is very mobile—ranging from international migrants coming into the country to residents moving within and among the states. This movement of people introduces changes in terms of social, economic, environmental, and political makeup of states and regions. Understanding the implications of these changes is an important element of population geography as well as citizenship education. This lesson encourages students to describe patterns of internal migration in the United States, past and present, to evaluate implications of internal migration, and to examine population movement at the state and local levels. Submitted on: 04/29/2010 Subject: immigration, economics, environment, citizenship, education Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Lesson/Lesson Plan Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• "Food For Thought" Lesson Plan ( More about this ) - Food for Thought is a spatial graphing activity that uses the participants as part of the graph. The activity helps students develop a feeling for the similarities and differences between populations. Many measures are used for comparison including population, population density, population growth rates, energy consumption, CO2 emissions, and more. Submitted on: 04/29/2010 Subject: population, natality/fertility, energy Education Level: Middle School, High School Type: Lesson/Lesson Plan Access Rights: Free Access Relevance

• Population and Natural Resources Learning Module ( More about this ) - This module examines the growth, decline, and movement of human populations over time, and how this affects the availability of resources such as food and water. Demographers study the characteristics of the human population, including fertility, mortality, and health. As a geography resource, you can use this module to learn about the spatial characteristics of populations. For example, geographers ask questions such as: Why do population growth rates vary from place to place? How does population growth affect the availability of resources at local, national, and global scales? How can countries achieve sustainable use of environmental resources? Is population control necessary to raise the quality of life in poorer countries? Are wealthy countries consuming a disproportionate share of the world's resources, thereby depriving people living in the more populous developing regions? These are just some of the issues you will consider in this module. By completing this module, you will learn geographical techniques for measuring and comparing population change in different places. The module covers a wide variety of population theories and topics, including movement, urbanism, and resources, and how experiences in one country can be quite different from the experiences of people in other countries. The conceptual framework outlines how government policy has, historically and currently, shaped population, and how population theory continues to shape policy. The case studies will provide you with examples of environmental, political, and social issues related to population change. In the China case study, you will analyze the challenges posed by a large population for ensuring safe and adequate access to water resources. The United States case study examines the impact of urban development on the availability of agricultural land. A third case study focuses on Argentina, where different modes of soybean production have resulted in different environmental and social impacts. Creator: AAG Center for Global Geography Education Submitted on: 04/29/2010 Subject: population, conservation, environment Education Level: High School, Undergraduate (Lower Division), Undergraduate (Higher Division), Graduate/Professional Type: Activity Access Rights: Free Access Relevance