Classroom Resources

Students identify items presented to them as needs or wants, complete a sorting activity, and...

Students participate in two physical, noncompetitive games that illustrate the challenges that arise when working...

Students participate in a simulation and gardening lab for hands-on experience with the effects of...

A cookie is decorated to show the different features of the Earth’s surface and the...

Through a guided role-play, students compare the energy use of a typical morning 200 years...

Students participate in a whole-class math simulation showing the growth of a mouse family, then...

Students read (or listen to) the short story, From Island to Island, then create a play...

In this role-playing simulation, students discover what happens to a forest when the demand for...

Students share bowls of goldfish crackers to simulate the challenges that arise when trying to...

Elementary-level reading on communities and the spaces we all share.

Elementary-level reading on people’s needs and wants, and how individuals and groups access the things...

Elementary-level reading that addresses renewable and non-renewable resource use and impacts.

Elementary-level reading on wildlife habitats and biodiversity, and how we can help protect the balance...

A primer for young learners to be used as an introduction to population themes and...

Elementary-level reading that discusses populations and the habitats that support them.

Elementary-level reading on the creation and disposal of solid waste.

An elementary-level reading that discusses population growth trends for wildlife and people.

Packet of 2025 Earth Day lesson plans for K - 5th grades is free to...

This is a Spanish/English lesson packet for K - 5th grade teachers. It is designed...

Fully online, elementary curriculum connects students to the world around them while building their math,...

You've found the ultimate multi-disciplinary tool to introduce students of all ages to population studies...

In this engaging classroom activity, students take part in two cooperative, noncompetitive physical games designed...

Engage lower elementary students with a hands-on gardening and plant growth simulation lab designed to...

In Go Fish!, students in grades K‑2 engage in a hands‑on resource distribution simulation where...

In this fun interactive activity, students role-play as plants or animals collecting vital habitat elements...

In this environmental education lesson, young students learn about sustainability and collective responsibility by creating...

In this interactive environmental literacy lesson, students first listen to The Lorax by Dr. Seuss...

In this fun and hands-on community lesson for young learners, students explore the different places...

In this fun and interactive lesson, elementary students role-play as pandas living in a bamboo...