Grade Level:
3-5
Teacher Resources
Students experience the changing pace of population growth by simulating the Earth’s population growth over the last...
Spanish/English lessons for K - 5th grade teachers cover sustainability and population change
Engaging local to global lessons make it fun to teach sustainability and community to elementary students.
Through riddles, an art project, and small group problem solving, students gain an appreciation for large numbers...
Students develop budgets to meet the basic needs of an American family and a family in Malawi...
In a role-playing simulation, students act as species in a habitat trying to survive by collecting cards...
Students estimate a fish population (using goldfish crackers on a flat surface) by sampling.
Watch the video to see Pop Ed staff walk you through the lesson. “Who Polluted the Potomac?”...
In this role-playing simulation, students discover what happens to a forest when the demand for wood is...
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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