Students measure the length of their steps and calculate where they'd end up after one million steps
Through riddles and cooperative learning math activities, students work through problems to calculate and visualize millions and...
Hamburger on bun
Students use manipulatives to explore the environmental impact of four different types of protein, and the pros...
The Kennecott Copper Mine in Utah, one of the sources of raw materials described in the reading.
After matching everyday products to their natural sources, students “mine” chocolate chip cookies to discover possible impacts...
Middle schools students examine the US population density map after participating in a quick population density learning activity
Students demonstrate the effects of crowding in a “jumping jack” activity, discuss the pros and cons of...
Students participate in a simulation that crowds them together to demonstrate population growth over the last 500 years
Students experience the changing pace of population growth by actively simulating the Earth’s population growth over a...
Panthers are at the top of their food chain and their numbers are limited by available resources, like food, in their habitat
Students act as panthers hunting for food in a model habitat to learn about carrying capacity and...
Students interpret various forms of data (graphic, written, and visual) and identify relationships between factors of climate...
Students graph and interpret growth curves for six mystery species and humans. (Distance learning tool available below!)...
Students draw age structure diagrams for six countries and discuss the three general shapes of population pyramids
Students use real-world data to construct and interpret population pyramids and discuss differences in population growth rates...

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"The activities not only bring out important content, but they also provide real-world context for environmental, population and sustainability issues. They engage participants in very thought-provoking and critical-thinking discussions.”

Helen de la Maza, Environmental Educator, Irvine, CA