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Links on this page are for activities and materials dealing with population growth and its influence on the global environment.
Information on the relationship between human population and the environment. "Books, reports, articles, news analysis, maps, organizations, regional overviews, laws, bills, and court decisions, and much more from around the world...from the simple to the technical..."
The URL is: http://popplanet.org/PopPlanet/
A dozen publications including activity guides, wall charts, and handbooks on population issues. Two lesson plans and several articles can be viewed on the site and downloaded in PDF format, others can be ordered online. PRB also offers a comprehensive directory of links to state-level statistics on population, agriculture and environment.
The URL is: http://www.prb.org/template.cfm?Section=LessonPlan...
Select data by geographic area, data type (includes environmental and demographic data) or data provider and create GIS maps online or download ArcExplorer (FREE), a lightweight GIS data explorer developed by ESRI.
The URL is: http://www.geographynetwork.com/index.html
Science education activities on "Science in personal and social perspective," primarily on environmental topics. Contributed by teachers, mainly for secondary level and up, activities are reviewed for scientific accuracy, peer reviewed for content and organized according to the Content Standards of the National Science Education Standards (NSES).
The URL is: http://accessexcellence.org/AE/ATG/
EDC's Earth Education Partnership Program promotes sustainable development education in high schools. Programs and materials include
student issue papers, workshops for high school teachers, and e-mail based forums for students on: population growth, resource consumption, our ecological footprint, transportation, bird migration, temperate and tropical forests. The URL is: http://www.edc.org/INT/EEPP/
Provides interdisciplinary K-12 training and teaching materials (correlated to National Learning Standards). Site features information on teacher training workshops, teaching materials, and additional teacher and student resources. Online ordering avail.
The URL is: http://www.zpg.org/education/
EDC's PopNet site includes guidelines for e-mail based student forums (high school) and a lengthy list of resources that support student
research in the area of population growth and resource consumption; e.g., current population data, improving the lives of women in the developing world, sustainable community development, ecological footprints. The URL is: http://www.edc.org/INT/EEPP/popnet.html
“World in the Balance,” the companion Web site to NOVA’s Earth Day special, features educational resources on population and the environment. Produced by WGBH, “World in the Balance” offers interactive population maps, classroom role plays, and activities including a population growth calculation, a global trends quiz, and a demographic matching game.
The URL is: http://www.pbs.org/nova/worldbalance
Teaching Population: Hands-on Activities is an extensive K-12 teaching kit on CD-ROM. Educators can search by grade level, subject area and topic to find the best activities for their lessons. Each activity links to recommended articles, transparencies, printable props, and content standards, all just a click away. Online ordering available.
The URL is: http://www.populationconnection.org/education/cata...
In just seven minutes, the animation illustrates population growth from 1 A.D. to 2030 by showing dots on a map. Viewers can select English or Spanish narration or select historical icons to jump to
different points in history. The DVD includes a 12-page guide with discussion questions & hands-on activities. Recommended for grades 6 - Adult. The URL is: http://www.populationconnection.org/education/cata...
The site contains a large, annotated database of population and environment related links (inlcuding syllabi), hosts cyberseminars, produces a bi-weekly What's New with publications of note, has a searchable memberdatabase with our 500 members from around the world. Would definately be useful for teachers in high school, and for high-school students.
The URL is: http://www.populationenvironmentresearch.org/
Information on population growth, consumption, and sustainable development. Supplemental curriculum guides, resources for teachers using the site (including correlation of activities with National Standards), and a searchable resource library.
The URL is: http://www.facingthefuture.org
Developed by the National Science Teacher's Association (NSTA) and EPA, the four part series consists of "Carrying Capacity;" "Biodiversity;" "Deforestation;" and "Introduced Species." All volumes include National Science Education Standards-based content, teaching techniques, and assessment methods.(grades 9-12). Online ordering avail
The URL is: http://store.nsta.org/searchBasic.asp?session=DB03...
Population Connection all-new version of its popular middle school curriculum, People and the Planet: Lessons for a Sustainable Future, now on CD-ROM. As an interdisciplinary, environmental education and global studies guide in one, People and the Planet covers concepts and objectives central to science, social studies and math. The CD-ROM matches activities to national standards for ten different subject areas; sorts them by thematic unit, subject and topic, and includes a thorough teacher's guide with instructional readings, helpful graphs and an inclusive list of sources for further research.
The URL is: http://www.populationeducation.org/pages/0,product...
ETE is a series of interdisciplinary, problem-based learning modules for high school students (online). The project engages student teams in addressing real-world problems related to weather, population growth, biodiversity, land use patterns, volcanoes, water pollution, and global warming. Teams analyze remotely-sensed images to come up with solutions to open-ended earth science problems.
The URL is: http://www.cotf.edu/ete/
"An interdisciplinary course for high school students (9-12) that emphasizes how scientists from a wide variety of fields work together to understand significant problems of global impact." Including climate change, energy use, biodiversity and population. A project of the Lawrence Hall of Science, UC Berkeley.
The URL is: http://www.lhs.berkeley.edu/GSS/
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