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In this role-playing simulation, students discover what happens to a forest when the demand for wood is...
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Students construct a word web to show the possible cause and effect relationships of a growing population....
![Students participate in a simulation that crowds them together to demonstrate population growth over the last 500 years](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/crowd-people-back-of-heads-5x6-125x125.jpg)
Students experience the changing pace of population growth by simulating the Earth’s population growth over the last...
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Spanish/English lessons for K - 5th grade teachers cover sustainability and population change
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Engaging local to global lessons make it fun to teach sustainability and community to elementary students.
![Screenshot of video lesson plan "Millions and Billions"](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/05/Millions-Billions-Video-Thumbnail-125x125.png)
Through riddles, an art project, and small group problem solving, students gain an appreciation for large numbers...
![Screenshot of video lesson plan "Global Cents" showing strategies to meet a budget of less than $1 a day](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Global-Cents-Video-Thumbnail-125x125.png)
Students develop budgets to meet the basic needs of an American family and a family in Malawi...
![Screenshot of video lesson plan "World of Difference" showing an example of a habitat circle with allotted resources](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/Habitat-Scramble-Video-Thumbnail-125x125.png)
In a role-playing simulation, students act as species in a habitat trying to survive by collecting cards...
![Screenshot of video lesson plan "For the Common Good" showing beads representing fish populations](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/06/How-Many-Fish-Video-Thumbnail-125x125.png)
Students estimate a fish population (using goldfish crackers on a flat surface) by sampling.
PopEd Impact
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campuses
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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