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Provided by: Population Education|Published on: June 15, 2022
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K12
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Synopsis
- This lesson teaches students about sharing resources, inequality, and community in a fun and tasty way.
- First, students will see how a resource can be "shared" in an unequal fashion, then students will generate strategies for how to share a finite resource with equity.
Subjects: Science, Social Studies, Mathematics
Authors: Population Education
Region: Global
Languages: English
Teaching Materials
Positives
- This lesson is very engaging and will have students talking about the big ideas presented long after class ends.
- The PDF includes step-by-step instructions for conducting the activity, many discussion questions, and a way to measure student learning after the conclusion of the lesson.
- The video walks teachers through the procedures for the lesson.
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- For the activity, teachers will need 20 Goldfish crackers per student, napkins, snack baggies, and a serving bowl.
Differentiation
- Science classes could use this lesson while discussing Earth's finite resources and how to equitably allocate what is left.
- Because this lesson will be a touchstone of importance throughout the year, consider writing some of the answers to the discussion questions on a chart to display.
- Goldfish crackers are one option for this activity, but it can be done with any large quantity of small items, like marbles, small candies, pencils, or acorns.
- The lesson plan includes ideas for incorporating math concepts into the activity.
- Other related resources include these games that teach students about the environment, this math activity that deals with greenhouse gas, and this digital picture book about kids changing the world.
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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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