Grade Level:
K-2
Teacher Resources
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...
A cookie is decorated to show the different features of the Earth’s surface and the amount of...
Students share a bowl of goldfish crackers to simulate even and uneven consumption of limited resources. Students...
Students estimate a fish population (using goldfish crackers on a flat surface) by sampling. Students will be...
Students discuss where people live and create model communities to become familiar with resources needed by humans....
A simulation and gardening lab that gives students hands-on experience with the effects of increasing population density....
Through an interactive story, students explore how everything in the natural community is interconnected. (Distance learning tool...
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