Unit for elementary grades covers how we count populations of humans locally and globally
An elementary-level reading that discusses populations and habitat.
Students participate in physical but noncompetitive games that illustrate the challenges that arise when working as a...
Lower elementary students decorate a cookie to represent Earth's physical geography
A cookie is decorated to show the different features of the Earth’s surface and the amount of...
Goldfish crackers in a bowl that would be distributed through the activity.
Students share a bowl of goldfish crackers to simulate even and uneven consumption of limited resources. Students...
Sampling is one way to estimate the number of individuals in a large population
Students estimate a fish population (using goldfish crackers on a flat surface) by sampling. Students will be...
Young students decorate buildings made of cardboard boxes
Students discuss where people live and create model communities to become familiar with resources needed by humans....
Flowers growing in a flower pot.
A simulation and gardening lab that gives students hands-on experience with the effects of increasing population density....
Bees and flowers are both part of an ecosystem where everything is connected to everything else
Through an interactive story, students explore how everything in the natural community is interconnected. (Distance learning tool...
Young learners hear an interactive story about river pollution
Students participate in an interactive story, where a river becomes polluted by human actions over time.

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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