Grade Level:
6-8
Teacher Resources
Set of 6 lessons and 1 reading link students’ decisions today with short- and long-term outcomes.
Set of 4 lessons and 1 reading covers historic events related to population size and future projections.
Set of 5 lessons and 1 reading on the differences and inequities in global wealth, education, health...
The student contest challenges students to create a short video that connects human population growth with one...
Colorful, informative poster makes the perfect classroom wall decoration – it inspires conversations and questions. What historic...
Number of people living in urban areas vs rural areas starting in 1950 and projected to 2050.
Historic growth in the number of cities with over 1 million residents from 1960 to 2030.
Forest loss in Indonesia and the Brazilian Amazon as a percentage of 1970s forest remaining in 2020.
Earth graphics display human's growing global footprint from 1970 to 1995 to 2022.
PopEd Impact
64,000
educators trained
325
college campuses
32,000
workshops conducted
"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