Curriculum
Habitat Scramble
In this fun interactive activity, students role-play as plants or animals collecting vital habitat elements — water, soil, shelter, space,… Read more »
Crowding Can Be Seedy
Engage lower elementary students with a hands-on gardening and plant growth simulation lab designed to teach the essential resources plants… Read more »
How Many Fish in the Sea?
Students estimate population size by using math manipulatives on a grid models in this hands-on sampling activity that teaches population… Read more »
People on the Move
This interactive social studies and geography activity has students take part in a push-pull migration simulation to identify factors driving… Read more »
Who Polluted the Potomac?
In this hands-on environmental science and geography lesson, students engage with the interactive story “Who Polluted the Potomac?” to trace… Read more »
Where Do We Grow From Here?
In this global studies lesson, students analyze UN population projections to see how small changes in fertility rates impact future… Read more »
Water, Water Everywhere
Students begin by observing a brief but powerful demonstration of how Earth’s freshwater is distributed across the globe. They then… Read more »
Unfair Race
In this interactive global health and social studies simulation, students take on the role of different countries and respond to… Read more »
Timber!
In this interactive forest sustainability and environmental science simulation, students take on roles within a forest management system where they… Read more »
PopEd Impact
64,000
educators trained
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college campuses
32,000
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