Screenshot of video lesson plan "Demographically Divided World" with examples with countries in different DTM Stages
In this engaging high school activity, students work in small groups to analyze changes in regional fertility...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Like Oil and Water" showing an oily feather being cleaned by a toothbrush
In this engaging, standards-aligned STEM lesson, students use the engineering design process to research, design, build, and...
Through collaborative analysis of visual data on the Quick Trip to 8 Billion poster, students investigate how...
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
In this global studies lesson, students analyze UN population projections to see how small changes in fertility...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Water, Water Everywhere" showing distribution of world's water between oceans, polar ice, and other reservoirs
Students begin by observing a brief but powerful demonstration of how Earth’s freshwater is distributed across the...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "Unfair Race" socioeconomic conditions that relate to health, like number of physicians
In this interactive global health and social studies simulation, students take on the role of different countries...
Screenshot of video lesson plan "The Peopling of Our Planet" showing an example of a population pyramid
This engaging history and science lesson combines multimedia and interactive learning as students watch the “World Population”...
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 different countries in this lesson. By analyzing age and...

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