Grade Level:
9-12
Teacher Resources
In small groups, students take on the role of real-world migrants and take turns in the “hot...
Acting as different stakeholders with various interests, students play a strategy game where they work in groups...
Role playing a city council meeting, students weigh various real-world economic, social, and environmental factors when siting...
Students analyze data and images about three megacities, identifying challenges and benefits of growing urbanization, and then...
Students use guided research to perform a five-stage life cycle analysis on a t-shirt and brainstorm ways...
Students conduct research either in favor of or against plastic bag bans and taxes, then debate their...
By taking on the role of a community member, students analyze how energy poverty impacts people living...
Students investigate U.S. wealth distribution and analyze historic documents related to the American Dream.
Students research and create a visual display summarizing a Sustainable Development Goal then consider the role of...
PopEd Impact
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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