Grade Level:
9-12
Teacher Resources
Students observe a brief demonstration on the distribution of the world’s water and then calculate how much...
Students compare wealth of the average person in the world to that of a person living in...
Acting as presidents from various points in history, students compare U.S. demographic and environmental statistics.
Using the ‘trendalyzer’ program from www.gapminder.org, students construct and interpret dynamic graphs and discuss differences in life...
A pre-test/post-test quiz designed to give teachers and students an overview of world and Canadian population trends.
Students experience the changing pace of population growth by actively simulating the Earth’s population growth over a...
Students take an online ecological footprint quiz to determine their resource use and test how changes to...
Across the globe and in a short amount of time, we’ve given up the tractor for the...
An apple is sliced into pieces to model the current amount of agricultural land on Earth. Then...
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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