Grade Level:
K-2
Teacher Resources
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 and create a collage of images. (Distance...
Students read (or listen to) the short story, From Island to Island, then create a play or perform...
Students act as animals trying to survive by collecting essential habitat services - water, soil, shelter, space,...
Students read and discuss a story about people coming together to help one another, and then work...
An elementary-level reading on the creation and disposal of solid waste.
An elementary-level reading that addresses renewable and non-renewable resources.
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