Through written analysis of the timeline on the Quick Trip to 8 Billion poster, students explore how...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Where Do We Grow From Here?" showing historical population growth on different continents
Students discuss the UN’s population projections to explore how small changes in the fertility rate can produce significantly different...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Water, Water Everywhere" showing distribution of world's water between oceans, polar ice, and other reservoirs
Students observe a brief demonstration on the distribution of the world’s water and then calculate how much...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Unfair Race" socioeconomic conditions that relate to health, like number of physicians
Representing different countries, students step forward or backward based on social and economic conditions in their borders,...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "The Peopling of Our Planet" showing an example of a population pyramid
Students watch the video “World Population” and participate in guided exploration of an online timeline to explore...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Power of the Pyramids" showing the different population pyramids of various countries
Students construct and interpret population pyramids for six countries and discuss differences in the population growth rates...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Population Circle" where students simulate the Earth's exponential population growth explosion
Students experience the changing pace of population growth by actively simulating the Earth’s population growth over the...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "In Search of Sustainable Life"
Students develop an index of the ten factors they identify as most important to a sustainable community...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Food for Thought" showing statistics of countries around the world to compare residents' resources and well-being
Acting as the residents of five major regions of the world, students compare various statistics that affect...

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Helen de la Maza, Environmental Educator, Irvine, CA