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Some Fermi Questions

http://www.eduweb.vic.gov.au/edulibrary/public/teachlear...
Provides a list of Fermi questions with relevant information to solve the problems but no answers.

Exponential Growth

http://www.otherwise.com/population/exponent.html
Enter population birth rate, and watch fish population grow. A graph is included on a different tab. Also includes two example experiments.

Exponential Growth

http://cauchy.math.colostate.edu/Applets/ExponentialGrow...
This applet lets you change both the initial population and growth rate. The user sees how the graph changes as these two particular variables change.

Exponential Growth

http://raju.varghese.org/articles/powers2.html
This site shows how quickly things grow exponentially.

Exponential Growth and Decay: Quiz

http://math.dartmouth.edu/~klbooksite/3.02/302quiz/302qu...
This site provides five questions with solutions (not worked out solutions).

Scientific Notation: Linear vs. Exponential

http://aspire.cosmic-ray.org/javalabs/java12/SciNot/LinV...
An interactive lab (scroll down to the bottom of the site to find it), in which students watch bacteria grow, take their own data, and answer follow-up lab questions.

Investigating Exponential Growth

http://ali.apple.com/als/2ndmath/projects/3111.html
This site provides an in-class or out of class activity relating to exponential growth. Some links are missing.

World Population

http://www.ibiblio.org/lunarbin/worldpop
This site provides past and present world populations using mathematical calculations.

Population Modeling and Exponential Growth

http://paws.wcu.edu/emcnelis/MATH693/Robin/RobinsWebpage...
In-class experiments that show exponential growth and decay. Offers several experiments and includes worksheets. Click 'One Day Module' for skittle and golf ball experiment.

World Population Calculator

http://www.onlineconversion.com/world_population.htm
An applet that uses US census data and the world growth rate to keep a real-time estimate of global population.

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