Students play a game to discover simple patterns. In this geometric designs lesson, students use a game board and counters to represent survivals, deaths, and births. They explore simple patterns for several generations.

In this sentence completion worksheet, students fill in the blank for the correct word for each sentence. Students complete 10 multiple choice questions. Click on "show all" to see the rest of the worksheet.

Fifth graders complete activities with Chapter 9 of the book The Fastest Pig in the West by Randi Hacker. In this literature instructional activity, 5th graders discuss the concept of saving face and how it affects the main...

For this global studies worksheet, students read the noted pages in their textbooks and then respond to 5 essay and short answer questions about World War II and global regions.

Seventh graders simulate the capture-recapture method of population sampling using beans. In this biology instructional activity, 7th graders calculate the total population of beans in the bowl. They assess whether this method is...

Students examine the importance of nonprofit organizations when it comes to the environment. They discover how to evaluate different organizations. They research different organizations and present their findings to the class.

First graders read the book, "The Manatee Winter," and participate in a game to research manatees.

Students conduct an experiment to demonstrate how fruit fly populations are controlled by spiders. They observe a variety of environments with fruit flies and spiders and consider how vital spiders are to controlling the insect population.

Students discover how European values dominated colonial life. They also examine the effects of slavery in the Americas. Students compare the planning of their home town with that of colonial Williamsburg. They locate key sites such...

Seventh graders explore how disasters affect animals.  In this animal habitats lesson students create an animal that will survive in Point Reyes habitats. 

Students identify and summarize the critical aspects of each of the four topics on air pollution. They present these critical components in an interesting and creative manner to class members.

In this English worksheet, students read "Loss of Nature Will Damage Economies," and then respond to 1 essay, 47 fill in the blank, 7 short answer, 20 matching, and 8 true or false questions about the selection.

Learn about overpopulation, and its relationship between the inhabitants and the resources available.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Summarizes the key points about overpopulation and overconsumption by humans and the impacts these have. Includes a few questions to check for understanding.

Slideshow explains Robert Thomas Malthus' theory on the effect of overpopulation on economics, resources, and geography.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Looks at how the human population has grown. Some consume a tremendous amount of resources and produce a lot of waste.

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] Describes issues caused by increased population growth.

This fact sheet from the non-profit organization Population Connection addresses the problem of overpopulation as the Earth approaches 7 billion residents. Includes statistics and details the reasons why many experts are concerned about...

[Free Registration/Login may be required to access all resource tools.] In addition to habitat destruction, other human-caused problems are also threatening many species. These include issues associated with climate change, pollution,...

In a very short amount of time, the human population exploded and is still growing very fast. Will this lead to the end of our civilization? Kurzgesagt investigates. [6:40]

Population Connection, a grassroots organization concerned about overpopulation and its affect on the quality of life, provides a wealth of materials about human population. Resources include world population fact sheets, factoids,...

A paper from the Population Connection that outlines the consequences to the environment if humans continue on the path of overpopulation.

With India's population topping one billion, this page deals with both population growth and sustaining the current population in India.

Population Education provides teacher training and a variety of teacher tools to help educators on population concepts such as population growth, overpopulation, our effect on the environment, and related resources.