![Refugees from Syria walking from Croatia to Serbia.](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/refugees-in-croatia-text-125x125.jpg)
Population dynamics background reading: An overview of world population history, current demographic trends, migration, and the concept...
![Question mark on the Earth for a quiz on population trends and events](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/earth-with-question-mark-125x125.jpg)
Nine question quiz designed to give teachers and students an overview of world and U.S. population trends....
![Cropped World Population Map is a cartogram displaying countries' sizes based on population rather than land area](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/world-population-map-cropped-5x6-125x125.jpg)
Students analyze, interpret, and evaluate conclusions on population data from the World Population Map, and then construct...
![Student-created graphs show Brazil's total population and urban population in 1980 and 2015](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/land-use-squared-brazil-drawing-125x125.jpg)
Students compare the World Population Map with an equal area map to calculate statistics related to urbanization...
![Deforestation in the Amazon rainforest.](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/trees-cut-in-amazon-text-125x125.jpg)
Students use the Human Land Use overlay and Timeline on www.WorldPopulationHistory.org to research how humans’ changing use of...
![Students use paper plates and counting cards to simulate future population projections](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/where-do-we-grow-from-here-paper-plates-125x125.jpg)
Students discuss the UN’s population projections to explore how small changes in the fertility rate can produce...
![Different vegetables in serving dishes.](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/different-food-in-dishes-125x125.jpg)
Human population, now over 7 billion, cannot continue to grow indefinitely. There are limits to the life-sustaining...
The role and status of women around the world is very closely tied to fertility rates and...
Just a hundred years ago the world’s population had yet to reach two billion, less than a...
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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