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Students conduct a census of their schoolmates’ households, graph their data, and then analyze the results to...
![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 actively simulating the Earth’s population growth over a...
![Bees and flowers are both part of an ecosystem where everything is connected to everything else](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/bee-on-daisy-flower-125x125.jpg)
Students participate as a character in an interactive story that explores how everything in nature is interconnected....
![The Kennecott Copper Mine in Utah, one of the sources of raw materials described in the reading.](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/kennecott-copper-mine-text-125x125.jpg)
After matching everyday products to their natural sources, students “mine” chocolate chip cookies to discover the impacts...
![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 actively simulating the Earth’s population growth over a...
![Panthers are at the top of their food chain and their numbers are limited by available resources, like food, in their habitat](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/blank-panther-laying-among-green-vegetation-125x125.jpg)
Students act as panthers hunting for food in a model habitat to learn about carrying capacity and...
![Demonstration using bowls of water and measuring cups shows population growth when the birth rate exceeds the death rate](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/04/stork-and-grim-reaper-demo-125x125.jpg)
In a short demonstration using water and measuring cups, students observe how populations grow when the birth...
![](https://populationeducation.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/02/pile-of-cut-logs-lumber-trees-text-125x125.jpg)
In a simulation, students model what happens to a forest when trees are cut faster than they...
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