Grade Level:
K-2
Teacher Resources
Spanish/English lessons for K - 5th grade teachers cover sustainability and population change
Engaging local to global lessons make it fun to teach sustainability and community to elementary students.
Students share a bowl of goldfish crackers to simulate even and uneven consumption of limited resources.
In a role-playing simulation, students act as species in a habitat trying to survive by collecting cards...
A simulation and gardening lab that gives students hands-on experience with the effects of increasing population density.
Students estimate a fish population (using goldfish crackers on a flat surface) by sampling.
Students create handprint art and write an action they will take to protect the environment.
Students identify items presented to them as needs or wants, complete a sorting activity, and create a...
Students read (or listen to) the short story, From Island to Island, then create a play or perform...
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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