![Screenshot of video lesson plan "Where Do We Grow From Here?" showing historical population growth on different continents](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Where-Do-We-Grow-From-Here-Video-Thumbnail-125x125.png)
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](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Water-Water-Everywhere-Video-Thumbnail-125x125.png)
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](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Unfair-Race-Video-Thumbnail-125x125.png)
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](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Peopling-of-Our-Planet-Video-Thumbnail-125x125.png)
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](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Power-of-the-Pyramids-Video-Thumbnail-125x125.png)
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](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/06/population-circle-video-thumbnail-125x125.png)
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"](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/In-Search-Sustainable-Life-Video-Thumbnail-125x125.png)
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](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Food-for-Thought-Video-Thumbnail-125x125.png)
Acting as the residents of five major regions of the world, students compare various statistics that affect...
![Screenshot of video lesson plan "Earth: The Apple of Our Eye" using an apple to demonstrate the limited farmland available on Earth](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Earth-Apple-of-our-Eye-Video-Thumbnail-125x125.png)
A visual demonstration of the limited farmland available on Earth (instructor cuts an apple to model available...
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