Grade Level:
3-5
Teacher Resources
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 act as an animal or plant trying to survive by collecting cards that represent essential characteristics...
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...
In a short demonstration using water and measuring cups, students observe how populations grow when the birth...
Students experience the changing pace of population growth by actively simulating the Earth’s population growth over the...
Students gain an understanding of carrying capacity when they act as predatory animals in a finite area...
PopEd Impact
64,000
educators trained
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workshops conducted
"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