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[FREE ELEMENTARY LESSON PLAN] An apple is sliced into pieces to model the amount of agricultural land being used on Earth while students track data on a pie chart. Students will be able to: • Describe Earth’s geography in terms of water and land use. • Apply knowledge of fractions to create a pie chart showing how the features of Earth’s surface are divided. • Identify two reasons why protecting agricultural land and maintaining healthy soil is important for food production.
[FREE HIGH SCHOOL LESSON PLAN] As the instructor reads a story about the history of the world’s oceans, students act as characters adding and removing items based on real-world events. Students will be able to: • List the principal pollutants in our world’s oceans. • Describe how humans have altered the ocean ecosystem over time. • Discuss ways to preserve ocean health. https://populationeducation.org/resource/code-blue-endangered-oceans/
[FREE MIDDLE SCHOOL LESSON PLAN] Students graph and interpret growth curves for six mystery species and humans. Students will be able to: • Create and analyze graphs that depict population change over time. • Support a claim to identify a species using its population growth curve as evidence. • Compare characteristics of human population growth to that of other species. https://populationeducation.org/resource/pop-ecology-files/

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Line graph displays the population of the United States from its founding in 1790, to present, and projected U.S. growth through 2050. The U.S. population reach 100 million around 1920, reached 200 million in the late 1960s, and reached 300 million in 2006. The population of the United States in 2020 is 332 million and it is projected to grow to 388 million by 2050.
This infographic depicts population growth over time, illustrating the exponential growth of humans from 1 C.E. to the present. One of PopEd's most popular materials in 2022!

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Water, Water Everywhere. This video of a teacher demo shows how much of earth's water supply is actually available freshwater that can be used to support our growing population and water needs such as drinking and growing crops. Perfect for 6-8 or 9-12 science.
Lesson demo video for elementary students. Social Studies lesson with math integration grades 3-6. Upper elementary students create a budget for US family and another family in Malawi.
Demographically Divided World. Great APHG or APES lesson about fertility rate around the world. Population lesson download high school grades 9-12

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Video for teaching world population. Our population is expected to grow to over 9 billion by 2050, yet the ability of our environment to provide space, food, and energy are limited. Explore population growth from 1 CE to 2050, see how our numbers impact the environment, and learn about the key advances and events allowing our numbers to grow.
See world population increase right before your eyes. World population counter and U.S. population counter
How to Build a Population Pyramid in Excel: Step-by-Step Guide - Population Education. Easy guide for APHG or APES. Students build their own pyramid using population data.

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[3-5] Earth: The Apple of Our Eye
[FREE ELEMENTARY LESSON PLAN] An apple is sliced into pieces to model the amount of agricultural land being used on Earth while students track data on a pie chart. Students will be able to: • Describe Earth’s geography in terms of water and land use. • Apply knowledge of fractions to create a pie chart showing how the features of Earth’s surface are divided. • Identify two reasons why protecting agricultural land and maintaining healthy soil is important for food production.
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[9-12] Code Blue: Endangered Oceans
[FREE HIGH SCHOOL LESSON PLAN] As the instructor reads a story about the history of the world’s oceans, students act as characters adding and removing items based on real-world events. Students will be able to: • List the principal pollutants in our world’s oceans. • Describe how humans have altered the ocean ecosystem over time. • Discuss ways to preserve ocean health. https://populationeducation.org/resource/code-blue-endangered-oceans/
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[6-8] Pop Ecology Files
[FREE MIDDLE SCHOOL LESSON PLAN] Students graph and interpret growth curves for six mystery species and humans. Students will be able to: • Create and analyze graphs that depict population change over time. • Support a claim to identify a species using its population growth curve as evidence. • Compare characteristics of human population growth to that of other species. https://populationeducation.org/resource/pop-ecology-files/
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[3-5] People Count
[FREE ELEMENTARY LESSON PLAN] Students conduct a census of their schoolmates’ households and then chart and analyze the data to create a bar graph. https://populationeducation.org/resource/people-count/
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[9-12] Demographically Divided World
[FREE HIGH SCHOOL LESSON PLAN] In small groups, students explore changes in regional fertility rates and life expectancy trends over time and discuss how factors impacting fertility are different throughout the world. Students then conduct individual research on a single country to evaluate development and place it within the demographic transition model. Finally, the class explores how countries within the same DTM stage compare.
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[3-8] Oh, How We've Grown!
[FREE 3-8 LESSON PLAN] Students experience the changing pace of population growth by actively simulating the Earth’s population growth over a 500-year span and then creating a timeline that visually depicts the population doubling through history. https://populationeducation.org/resource/oh-how-weve-grown/
[9-12 LESSON PLAN] Students use a timeline to explore energy-related environmental issues through history then compare countries based on their CO2 emissions and their climate vulnerabilities. Human Dimension, Carbon, Compare, Human Environment, Explore
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[9-12] Carbon Crunch
[9-12 LESSON PLAN] Students use a timeline to explore energy-related environmental issues through history then compare countries based on their CO2 emissions and their climate vulnerabilities.
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[9-12] American HerStory
[HIGH SCHOOL LESSON PLAN] Students examine their own perceptions of gender roles through two short mental exercises, then research and present on the role of women in the home and workplace throughout U.S. history. https://populationeducation.org/resource/american-herstory/
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[3-8] Panther Hunt
[FREE 3-8 LESSON PLAN] Students gain an understanding of carrying capacity when they act as predatory animals in a finite area and attempt to accumulate enough food to stay alive. https://populationeducation.org/resource/panther-hunt/
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[K-2] Go Fish!
[K-2 LESSON PLAN] Students share a bowl of goldfish crackers to simulate even and uneven consumption of limited resources.
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[6-12] Water, Water Everywhere
[6-12 LESSON PLAN] Students observe a brief demonstration on the distribution of the world’s water and then calculate how much water they use on a daily basis, both directly and indirectly.
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U.S. Population and Projection (1790-2050)
Line graph displays the population of the United States from its founding in 1790, to present, and projected U.S. growth through 2050. The U.S. population reach 100 million around 1920, reached 200 million in the late 1960s, and reached 300 million in 2006. The population of the United States in 2020 is 332 million and it is projected to grow to 388 million by 2050.
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[6-12] Take a Stand
[6-12 LESSON PLAN] Students express their thoughts on issues related to population and the environment, then research a specific issue and write a position paper using evidence to defend their stance.
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[K-2] Crowding Can Be Seedy
[K-2 LESSON PLAN] A simulation and gardening lab that gives students hands-on experience with the effects of increasing population density.
[9-12 LESSON PLAN] Students use a timeline to explore energy-related environmental issues through history then compare countries based on their CO2 emissions and their climate vulnerabilities.
[9-12] Carbon Crunch
[9-12 LESSON PLAN] Students use a timeline to explore energy-related environmental issues through history then compare countries based on their CO2 emissions and their climate vulnerabilities.
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[9-12] Where Do We Grow From Here?
[9-12] Students discuss the UN’s population projections to explore how small changes in the fertility rate can produce significantly different future population sizes. Students then participate in a visual model of population projections from 1800 to 2100 to see where in the world population growth has and will occur. Finally, students explore challenges to population stabilization in areas of high growth and research organizations with successful strategies for addressing these challenges.
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[6-12] Food for Thought
[6-12 LESSON PLAN] Acting as residents of five major world regions, students compare various statistics that affect people's health and well-being.
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[K-2] Who Polluted the River?
[K-2 LESSON PLAN] Through an interactive story, K-2 students experience the pollution of a river over time and propose methods to protect the river from current and future pollution.
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This infographic depicts population growth over time, illustrating the exponential growth of humans from 1 C.E. to the present. One of PopEd's most popular materials in 2022!
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Video for teaching world population. Our population is expected to grow to over 9 billion by 2050, yet the ability of our environment to provide space, food, and energy are limited. Explore population growth from 1 CE to 2050, see how our numbers impact the environment, and learn about the key advances and events allowing our numbers to grow.
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See world population increase right before your eyes. World population counter and U.S. population counter
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How to Build a Population Pyramid in Excel: Step-by-Step Guide - Population Education
How to Build a Population Pyramid in Excel: Step-by-Step Guide - Population Education. Easy guide for APHG or APES. Students build their own pyramid using population data.
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A Step-by-Step Guide to Making a Choropleth Map in Google Spreadsheets - Population Education
Making a heat map in google spreadsheets is easy with this step-by-step guide that includes examples and screenshots of each step. Create a cloropleth map; fun ideas for google sheets; mapping projects for students; technology projects for students
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Wall Chart: A Quick Trip to 7.6 Bilion | World of 8 Billion
On one side of the wall chart you’ll find a timeline of historical events, inventions and social movements that have affected birth and death rates over the past 200 years, bringing us to 7 billion in 2011. The other side of the wall chart uses a variety of colorful infographics to show the challenges we face as a growing global family – from meeting our basic human needs to the delicate balance of natural ecosystems.
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Degree of Impact Cards: Six cards that compare resource use in the United States and worldwide.
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Earth Day Resources for Middle Grades - Population Education
Looking for something different to bring Earth Day alive for your students? Population Education lessons are a great way to... Read more »
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How Many People Can Our World Support? Student reading. No species has altered the Earth’s natural landscape the way humans have. Our impact is so extensive that we are crossing into a new geologic epoch – the Anthropocene – propelled by human behavior.
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Women’s Status and Fertility Rates - World Population
Women’s Status and Fertility Rates. Student reading. The role and status of women around the world is very closely tied to fertility rates and ultimately, population growth trends. Universal education and gender equity are both very important topics to consider when discussing the link between fertility trends and women.
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Projecting Global Population - World Population
Projecting Global Population to 2050 and Beyond. Student reading. "Numbers help tell stories. But numbers can also BE the story. The world’s population exists in numbers – billions of numbers. In 2011, when human population surpassed seven billion that was the story, not just for the size of the number but for the short amount of time..."