Crowding Can Be Seedy
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Provided by: Population Education|Published on: June 10, 2022
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Synopsis
- This well-designed lesson plan from Population Education introduces students to the concepts of population density and carrying capacity using a kinesthetic game, reflection questions, and an experiment.
- The resource includes an instructional video for teachers, suggestions for differentiation, and a student worksheet for recording data and answering questions.
Subjects: Science, Mathematics
Authors: Population Education
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This fun and engaging lesson will appeal to kinesthetic, visual, and auditory learners.
- The instructional video walks teachers through the entire lesson, including the Sprouts Game activity.
- The discussion questions give students an opportunity to understand how population density affects plants and humans.
Prerequisites
- Teachers should plan ahead for the experiment portion of this lesson because it takes 30 days for the seeds to sprout and grow.
- Teachers must gather the materials needed for the radish growing experiment and a long piece of string for the game.
- Teachers must sign in to download the lesson plan.
Differentiation & Implementation
- For the experiment, the resource suggests that kindergarten students can count the number of leaves on the plants and draw pictures to show the plant growth, first graders can use an object such as blocks to measure the plant growth, and second graders can measure the plants with a ruler.
- As an extension, students could talk about the health benefits of eating vegetables and then start a school garden or eat the radishes for snack time.
- Students can also check out this PBS video on habitat basics.
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About the Partner Provider
Population Education
Population Education provides K-12 teachers with innovative, hands-on lesson plans and professional development to teach about human population growth and its effects on the environment and human well-being. Human population has grown from 1 billion to 8 billion in just over 200 years, so it is critical to examine human impacts on wildlife, climate, and natural resources while working toward equality and justice for the world’s people. Through memorable, standards-aligned classroom activities like simulations, cooperative challenges, and debate, Population Education inspires students to tackle a variety of real-world problems and to become positively engaged in their communities as the next generation of leaders and policy makers.
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