Article explaining what methane is, its impact as a greenhouse gas on global warming, and natural and man-made sources of methane. (Published: April 30, 2010)

The Global Social Change Research Project discusses why society develops the way that it does, how the various political systems develop, and how different customs and social systems come about. Some specific topics include: "what is...

Add this art idea to your list of multicultural activities. Inspired by the Mexican tradition of tin punching this lesson gives some ideas for good cheap tin alternatives.

Homepage for The Atlantic Council. This organization "promotes constructive U.S. leadership in international affairs based on the central role of the Atlantic community in meeting the challenges of the 21st century".

For this task, learners examine world population data from 1804 to 2012 and investigate whether an exponential function is appropriate for modeling the relationship between the world population and the year. Aligns with F-LE.A.1.c.

Explains the origin and history of the Save the Children global relief organization, as well as its campaigns, structure and accountability, and controversies it has faced.

View several different surface features of Mars as taken by the Mars Global Surveyor. Explanation of each of the geologic features accompanies each photograph.

This resource explores the ways the Internet resembles a small town providing similar services, even though it is a global network.

View a timeline of Middle Eastern history, explore events through themes, and make connections through the use of big-picture questions such as "What's the appeal of religious militancy?"

In the final essay of a four-part series, David Christian explains how advances in communication and transportation accelerated collective learning.

Test your knowledge of collective learning with this quiz.

Provides detailed facts and interesting information about the 2008 Financial Crisis (Credit Crunch) that triggered recession and depression across global economies.

Encyclopedia entry explores the involvement of the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE) in America's civil rights struggle throughout the late 1950s and into the mid-1960s.

You can help! Species of mollusks are disappearing from our marine sources. While it might not be obvious to the casual beach-goer, these shelled creatures provide food and shelter, medical research, and help keep our waters clean.

Find out how much you know about our wonderful world by taking these online geography tests. Choose from "GeoBee Challenge", "GeoSpy", or "National Geographic-Roper Survey".

Students choose a category to see a list of related words and then choose a word they would like to explore. Includes pronunciations, definitions, pictures, and video demonstrations of each word.

Provides statistics, history, politics, and demographics for the country of Uzbekistan in Central Asia.

Provides statistics, history, politics, and demographics for the country of Uruguay in South America.

United Nations world population statistics on percent of youth and elderly in every country. Organized into a chart.

AP Government and Politics learning module explores the public policy making of six core countries and the factors that influence global and domestic policy.

Provides extensive evidence of the many ways scientists have observed and recorded climate change on a rapid, global scale. Lists different events observed, such as receding ice sheets and evidence in rocks, and presents graphs, images,...

In this inquiry, students predict the best place to stargaze in Arizona based on the brightness of the night sky. Students are introduced to the concept of light pollution and Globe at Night, a global citizen science project in which...

In this inquiry, students predict the best place to stargaze in Arizona based on the brightness of the night sky. Students are introduced to the concept of light pollution and Globe at Night, a global citizen science project in which...

Students learn about global access to clean water and apply the engineering design process to develop a solution to purify water.