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7 Billion: Where Do You Stand?

Students articulate their thoughts about the ethical issues related to population reaching seven billion and...

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Acid Tests

Students test different pH solutions on radish seeds to determine the optimal level for seed...

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Adding Armadillos

Students discuss the concept of biotic potential and use equations to determine how a family...

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Almighty Aquifers

Students participate in a game that mimics the relationship between population growth and aquifer depletion....

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Bye, Bye Birdie

Students determine a list of criteria to use when deciding the fate of endangered species,...

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Cap and Trade Game

Students play a game that simulates a cap and trade system, and analyze its successes...

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Carbon Crunch

Students use a timeline to explore energy-related environmental issues through history then compare countries based...

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Catch It If You Can

Students mimic the spread of disease by exchanging liquids in test tubes in a hands-on...

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Catching Pollution

Students "catch" pollution (particulate matter) on prepared cards to see the environmental and health-related consequences...


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American Environmentalism

Secondary-level reading explores the relationship between U.S. people and the natural environment from early settlements...

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An All-Consuming Challenge

Personal consumption background reading: What is an ecological footprint and what are the impacts of...

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Buzzing About Bees: The Mystery of Pollinator Decline

Food and Agriculture case study reading: How are pollinators critical to our food supply, and...

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Cheap Threads, Costly Impacts: The Price of Fast Fashion

Personal consumption case study reading: Examine how fast fashion (like H&M, Zara, Shein, etc.) impacts...

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Cleaner Cookstoves: Combatting Indoor Air Pollution

Air pollution case study reading: Learn about initiatives to tackle health problems of indoor air...

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Deforestation: The Unkindest Cut

Forests background reading: The world's forests are important ecosystems in regulating climate and nurturing wildlife....

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Disappearing Islands: A Climate Change Wake-up Call

Climate change case study reading: A profile of Kiribati, a nation of islands in the...

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Electronic Waste: The Case of Agbogbloshie, Ghana

Solid waste case study reading: A profile of a town in Ghana that is the...

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Gasping for Clean Air

Air pollution background reading: An overview of how fossil fuel combustion creates unhealthful levels of...


Lesson Packet:

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330 Million in the USA

U.S. population takes center stage in this downloadable packet of classroom lessons, 330 Million in...

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Air Pollution and Solid Waste unit

Thematic unit for the middle school classroom covers issues related to garbage and solid waste...

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Air Pollution unit

Thematic unit for the high school classroom on outdoor and indoor air pollution. Includes teaching...

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Biodiversity unit

Thematic unit for the high school classroom on biodiversity issues, endangered animals, and extinction rates....

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Climate Change unit

Thematic unit for the high school classroom covers a wide range topics related to climate...

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Earth Day Activities for Elementary Students

Packet of 2024 Earth Day lesson plans for K - 5th grades is free to...

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Earth Day Activities for High School Students

Packet of 2024 Earth Day lesson plans for 9th - 12th grades. Free to download!...

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Earth Day Activities for Middle School

Packet of 2024 Earth Day lesson plans for 6th, 7th and 8th grades is free...

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Energy unit

Thematic unit for the high school classroom on energy issues in more developed and less...


Video:

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Cap and Trade Game

Students play a game that simulates a cap and trade system, and analyze its successes...

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Carbon Crunch

Students work in small groups to determine the main environmental concerns during given periods of...

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Crowding Can Be Seedy

A simulation and gardening lab that gives students hands-on experience with the effects of increasing...

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Earth: The Apple of Our Eye

A visual demonstration of the limited farmland available on Earth (instructor cuts an apple to...

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Everything Counts

Acting as store owners, students conduct a mini-census to identify their potential market and then...

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For the Common Good

In two simulation games, students determine individual short-term consumption strategies that will maximize resources for...

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Go Fish!

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

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Habitat Scramble

In a role-playing simulation, students act as species in a habitat trying to survive by...

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How Many Fish in the Sea?

Students estimate a fish population (using goldfish crackers on a flat surface) by sampling.


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A Quick Trip to 8 Billion poster

Colorful, informative poster makes the perfect classroom wall decoration - it inspires conversations and questions....

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Access to Water and Sanitation in LDCs infographic

Bar charts shows the percentage of people using safely managed drinking water and safely managed...

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CO2 Emissions of the 10 Most Populous Countries infographic

Bar graph shows the amount of carbon dioxide per capita, in metric tons, is emitted...

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Degree of Impact cards

Six cards that compare resource use in the United States and worldwide.

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Ecological Footprint Over Time infographic

Infographic compares the number of Earths needed to provide for humans' current consumption over time....

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Energy Use Comparison infographic (1 American uses as much energy as…)

Infographics shows that 1 person in the U.S. consumes as much energy as 2 French,...

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Forest Coverage Over Time infographic

Line graphs of tropical rainforest loss. Graphs display forest loss in Indonesia and the Brazilian...

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Global Use of Renewable Energy Over Time infographic

Bar graph compares the percentage of global energy use that is from renewable sources in...

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Historic Meat Production infographic

Infographics show the change in global meat production from 1974 to 2022 and the corresponding...