Population Education
@populationeducation.org
Empowering educators with engaging k-12 lessons + PD that explore population growth, sustainability, and human impact on the planet.
🔗 populationeducation.org
🔗 populationeducation.org
Trainer Spotlight 💙 We’re proud to recognize Michael Bentley, a PopEd volunteer trainer since 2003 who has helped train 1,200+ educators. Thank you for your dedication and or the lasting impact you continue to make in classrooms across the country!
#teachthefuture #populationeducation
#teachthefuture #populationeducation
December 19, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Trainer Spotlight 💙 We’re proud to recognize Michael Bentley, a PopEd volunteer trainer since 2003 who has helped train 1,200+ educators. Thank you for your dedication and or the lasting impact you continue to make in classrooms across the country!
#teachthefuture #populationeducation
#teachthefuture #populationeducation
Trainer Spotlight 💙 We’re honored to recognize Susan Schleith for her years of service as a PopEd volunteer trainer. Her commitment to education and sustainability continues to strengthen classrooms and inspire critical thinking. We’re grateful for you, Susan!
#teachthefuture #populationeducation
#teachthefuture #populationeducation
December 15, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Trainer Spotlight 💙 We’re honored to recognize Susan Schleith for her years of service as a PopEd volunteer trainer. Her commitment to education and sustainability continues to strengthen classrooms and inspire critical thinking. We’re grateful for you, Susan!
#teachthefuture #populationeducation
#teachthefuture #populationeducation
For 50 years, we’ve helped students connect population, consumption, and the environment. With a small but mighty team, nearly 700 volunteer teacher trainers, and 50,000 educators using our materials we reach nearly 3 million K–12 students each year — building the next generation of changemakers. 🌍✨
December 12, 2025 at 2:30 PM
For 50 years, we’ve helped students connect population, consumption, and the environment. With a small but mighty team, nearly 700 volunteer teacher trainers, and 50,000 educators using our materials we reach nearly 3 million K–12 students each year — building the next generation of changemakers. 🌍✨
🌱 World Soil Day 2025: Healthy soils for healthy cities
Urban soils do more than we see—they help grow food, filter water, store carbon, regulate temperature, and support biodiversity. Protecting soil means protecting our cities’ future. buff.ly/Mw7IZsq
Urban soils do more than we see—they help grow food, filter water, store carbon, regulate temperature, and support biodiversity. Protecting soil means protecting our cities’ future. buff.ly/Mw7IZsq
December 5, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🌱 World Soil Day 2025: Healthy soils for healthy cities
Urban soils do more than we see—they help grow food, filter water, store carbon, regulate temperature, and support biodiversity. Protecting soil means protecting our cities’ future. buff.ly/Mw7IZsq
Urban soils do more than we see—they help grow food, filter water, store carbon, regulate temperature, and support biodiversity. Protecting soil means protecting our cities’ future. buff.ly/Mw7IZsq
🌍⭐ Attending #GLOW2025? Check out PopEd's Barbara Huth on November 19 @ 6:00 PM. Limited free registration for K-12 teachers. Sign up today👉 buff.ly/jMNeDUi
November 12, 2025 at 8:15 PM
🌍⭐ Attending #GLOW2025? Check out PopEd's Barbara Huth on November 19 @ 6:00 PM. Limited free registration for K-12 teachers. Sign up today👉 buff.ly/jMNeDUi
Help us spread the word about the #Worldof8Billion contest using our Social Hub resources! 🌏 buff.ly/DJHluKo 🌏
Our social hub has ready-to-use social media posts, digital flyers, and even stickers! Click on the link above or save the images in this post to start sharing!
#YouthVoices #edusky
Our social hub has ready-to-use social media posts, digital flyers, and even stickers! Click on the link above or save the images in this post to start sharing!
#YouthVoices #edusky
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Help us spread the word about the #Worldof8Billion contest using our Social Hub resources! 🌏 buff.ly/DJHluKo 🌏
Our social hub has ready-to-use social media posts, digital flyers, and even stickers! Click on the link above or save the images in this post to start sharing!
#YouthVoices #edusky
Our social hub has ready-to-use social media posts, digital flyers, and even stickers! Click on the link above or save the images in this post to start sharing!
#YouthVoices #edusky
Join one or all of our upcoming events:🌟#Worldof8Billion Virtual Teacher Sessions!🌟 Register Here: buff.ly/HLJtWSN
Meet the contest team, ask your questions, and hear advice about participating in the contest! Email [email protected] with any questions.
#GlobalEd #edusky
Meet the contest team, ask your questions, and hear advice about participating in the contest! Email [email protected] with any questions.
#GlobalEd #edusky
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Join one or all of our upcoming events:🌟#Worldof8Billion Virtual Teacher Sessions!🌟 Register Here: buff.ly/HLJtWSN
Meet the contest team, ask your questions, and hear advice about participating in the contest! Email [email protected] with any questions.
#GlobalEd #edusky
Meet the contest team, ask your questions, and hear advice about participating in the contest! Email [email protected] with any questions.
#GlobalEd #edusky
We had a great time at Ambrose University exploring hands-on ways to bring sustainability and population concepts into the classroom. Thanks to all the pre-service educators who joined us with such creativity and enthusiasm! 🌍💡
#PopulationEducation #FutureTeachers #SustainabilityEducation #edusky
#PopulationEducation #FutureTeachers #SustainabilityEducation #edusky
October 16, 2025 at 5:31 PM
We had a great time at Ambrose University exploring hands-on ways to bring sustainability and population concepts into the classroom. Thanks to all the pre-service educators who joined us with such creativity and enthusiasm! 🌍💡
#PopulationEducation #FutureTeachers #SustainabilityEducation #edusky
#PopulationEducation #FutureTeachers #SustainabilityEducation #edusky
📚Teachers! Check out our new blog to see how #Worldof8Billion lesson plans build contest-ready skills ➡️ buff.ly/h3aZxOb
These free lessons are the perfect way to connect this year’s contest topics to your teachings! Scroll through to find the best one for your class.
#GlobalEd #YouthVoices #edusky
These free lessons are the perfect way to connect this year’s contest topics to your teachings! Scroll through to find the best one for your class.
#GlobalEd #YouthVoices #edusky
October 15, 2025 at 5:01 PM
📚Teachers! Check out our new blog to see how #Worldof8Billion lesson plans build contest-ready skills ➡️ buff.ly/h3aZxOb
These free lessons are the perfect way to connect this year’s contest topics to your teachings! Scroll through to find the best one for your class.
#GlobalEd #YouthVoices #edusky
These free lessons are the perfect way to connect this year’s contest topics to your teachings! Scroll through to find the best one for your class.
#GlobalEd #YouthVoices #edusky
Today on International Day of the Girl, we recognize the leadership and resilience of girls around the world—especially those driving change in their communities.
Learn more from UNICEF: buff.ly/febV853
#GenderEquality #PopEdWomenoftheWorld
Learn more from UNICEF: buff.ly/febV853
#GenderEquality #PopEdWomenoftheWorld
October 11, 2025 at 1:15 PM
Today on International Day of the Girl, we recognize the leadership and resilience of girls around the world—especially those driving change in their communities.
Learn more from UNICEF: buff.ly/febV853
#GenderEquality #PopEdWomenoftheWorld
Learn more from UNICEF: buff.ly/febV853
#GenderEquality #PopEdWomenoftheWorld
Give your students the perfect project companion! 🧰📘 Our #Worldof8Billion Project Organizer walks them step-by-step from research to filming, to help them to create a standout video📹🌏
Open the Project Organizer Here! ▶️ buff.ly/IFsmZd6
#GlobalEd #StudentVoices #sschat #edusky #edusci
Open the Project Organizer Here! ▶️ buff.ly/IFsmZd6
#GlobalEd #StudentVoices #sschat #edusky #edusci
October 8, 2025 at 7:49 PM
Give your students the perfect project companion! 🧰📘 Our #Worldof8Billion Project Organizer walks them step-by-step from research to filming, to help them to create a standout video📹🌏
Open the Project Organizer Here! ▶️ buff.ly/IFsmZd6
#GlobalEd #StudentVoices #sschat #edusky #edusci
Open the Project Organizer Here! ▶️ buff.ly/IFsmZd6
#GlobalEd #StudentVoices #sschat #edusky #edusci
📚✨ Big thanks to JMU College of Education for welcoming us this week! Pre-service teachers dug into interactive PopEd lessons, discovering creative ways to connect global issues with student learning. 🌍 #PopulationEducation #TeacherTraining #SustainabilityEducation
October 7, 2025 at 4:01 PM
📚✨ Big thanks to JMU College of Education for welcoming us this week! Pre-service teachers dug into interactive PopEd lessons, discovering creative ways to connect global issues with student learning. 🌍 #PopulationEducation #TeacherTraining #SustainabilityEducation
🏙️🌍 On #WorldHabitatDay, we reflect on the right to adequate shelter for all.
This year’s theme—Urban Crisis Response—calls for sustainable, inclusive solutions as cities face climate change, conflict, and inequality. ✨
#UrbanCrisisResponse #ResilientCities
This year’s theme—Urban Crisis Response—calls for sustainable, inclusive solutions as cities face climate change, conflict, and inequality. ✨
#UrbanCrisisResponse #ResilientCities
October 6, 2025 at 10:25 PM
🏙️🌍 On #WorldHabitatDay, we reflect on the right to adequate shelter for all.
This year’s theme—Urban Crisis Response—calls for sustainable, inclusive solutions as cities face climate change, conflict, and inequality. ✨
#UrbanCrisisResponse #ResilientCities
This year’s theme—Urban Crisis Response—calls for sustainable, inclusive solutions as cities face climate change, conflict, and inequality. ✨
#UrbanCrisisResponse #ResilientCities
✨ Teachers thrive when they learn & lead together. On #WorldTeachersDay, PopEd celebrates educators by creating spaces for collaboration—through workshops, networks & ready-to-use resources. Thank you for inspiring every day! 🍎🌍
October 5, 2025 at 1:02 PM
✨ Teachers thrive when they learn & lead together. On #WorldTeachersDay, PopEd celebrates educators by creating spaces for collaboration—through workshops, networks & ready-to-use resources. Thank you for inspiring every day! 🍎🌍
✨Exciting news! Our topic backgrounders are now available in Spanish!👏📚Click on the link below to view the Spanish versions, which are located right next to the download buttons. ➡️https://buff.ly/VNZPzJT
#Worldof8Billion #YouthVoices #sschat #edusky #edusci
#Worldof8Billion #YouthVoices #sschat #edusky #edusci
October 1, 2025 at 3:53 PM
✨Exciting news! Our topic backgrounders are now available in Spanish!👏📚Click on the link below to view the Spanish versions, which are located right next to the download buttons. ➡️https://buff.ly/VNZPzJT
#Worldof8Billion #YouthVoices #sschat #edusky #edusci
#Worldof8Billion #YouthVoices #sschat #edusky #edusci
🍂📚 October is upon us—but it’s not too late to refresh your classroom with new ideas! buff.ly/7vxHkMd PopEd’s Back-to-School page is packed with essential lessons, new videos, and blogs to spark student projects. ✨https://buff.ly/7vxHkMd #edusky #sschat #edusci #populationeducation
September 30, 2025 at 1:31 PM
🍂📚 October is upon us—but it’s not too late to refresh your classroom with new ideas! buff.ly/7vxHkMd PopEd’s Back-to-School page is packed with essential lessons, new videos, and blogs to spark student projects. ✨https://buff.ly/7vxHkMd #edusky #sschat #edusci #populationeducation
🌍✨ Teachers, join us Oct 29 (4:30–5:45 ET) for The World’s Women: Education, Fertility & Demographic Change. Explore data, activities & poetry on girls’ education + walk away with ready resources for grades 6–12. Free & open to all! 👉 buff.ly/8446W9P
September 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🌍✨ Teachers, join us Oct 29 (4:30–5:45 ET) for The World’s Women: Education, Fertility & Demographic Change. Explore data, activities & poetry on girls’ education + walk away with ready resources for grades 6–12. Free & open to all! 👉 buff.ly/8446W9P
🌟 This month we joined pre-service teachers at UMBC & Towson for hands-on PopEd workshops! 🌍 Future educators explored creative ways to teach sustainability & population concepts. Loved connecting with such inspiring #futureteachers! ✨ #PopulationEducation
#futureteacher #teachertraining #edusky
#futureteacher #teachertraining #edusky
September 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🌟 This month we joined pre-service teachers at UMBC & Towson for hands-on PopEd workshops! 🌍 Future educators explored creative ways to teach sustainability & population concepts. Loved connecting with such inspiring #futureteachers! ✨ #PopulationEducation
#futureteacher #teachertraining #edusky
#futureteacher #teachertraining #edusky
🍎Teachers - want to help your students create their best videos for the #Worldof8Billion contest but need support? We've got you covered! We are offering need-based mini-grants up to $500! ⌛Applications are due October 31, 2025.
Learn more👉 buff.ly/IXa0nqI
#StudentVoices #Edusky #sschat #edusci
Learn more👉 buff.ly/IXa0nqI
#StudentVoices #Edusky #sschat #edusci
September 17, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🍎Teachers - want to help your students create their best videos for the #Worldof8Billion contest but need support? We've got you covered! We are offering need-based mini-grants up to $500! ⌛Applications are due October 31, 2025.
Learn more👉 buff.ly/IXa0nqI
#StudentVoices #Edusky #sschat #edusci
Learn more👉 buff.ly/IXa0nqI
#StudentVoices #Edusky #sschat #edusci
📣 Teachers, we want to hear from YOU! Share a quick 3-word activity recap, a one-liner from your students, a lesson that stuck with your class, or a before & after” reflection of a PopEd activity. 🌍📚
👉 Share here: buff.ly/WVXkjBz or drop a comment below.
#PopEdTeacherVoices #sschat #edusci
👉 Share here: buff.ly/WVXkjBz or drop a comment below.
#PopEdTeacherVoices #sschat #edusci
September 16, 2025 at 8:30 PM
📣 Teachers, we want to hear from YOU! Share a quick 3-word activity recap, a one-liner from your students, a lesson that stuck with your class, or a before & after” reflection of a PopEd activity. 🌍📚
👉 Share here: buff.ly/WVXkjBz or drop a comment below.
#PopEdTeacherVoices #sschat #edusci
👉 Share here: buff.ly/WVXkjBz or drop a comment below.
#PopEdTeacherVoices #sschat #edusci
✨Last but not least in the 2026 World of 8 Billion Contest: Economics!
💰A strong economy allows the community to receive basic needs. But with a growing population, countries struggle to support everyone equally.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/EHLyVdH
#Worldof8Billion #StudentVoices #GlobalEd #edusky
💰A strong economy allows the community to receive basic needs. But with a growing population, countries struggle to support everyone equally.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/EHLyVdH
#Worldof8Billion #StudentVoices #GlobalEd #edusky
September 12, 2025 at 3:53 PM
✨Last but not least in the 2026 World of 8 Billion Contest: Economics!
💰A strong economy allows the community to receive basic needs. But with a growing population, countries struggle to support everyone equally.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/EHLyVdH
#Worldof8Billion #StudentVoices #GlobalEd #edusky
💰A strong economy allows the community to receive basic needs. But with a growing population, countries struggle to support everyone equally.
Learn more ➡️ buff.ly/EHLyVdH
#Worldof8Billion #StudentVoices #GlobalEd #edusky
💧 Next up in the 2026 World of 8 Billion Contest: Wetlands!🌿
Wetlands store more carbon than rainforests. Despite this, wetlands are cleared for agriculture and impact local communities.
Interested in this topic? Learn more👉 buff.ly/toIy7ea
#Worldof8Billion #YouthVoices #GlobalEd #edusky #edusci
Wetlands store more carbon than rainforests. Despite this, wetlands are cleared for agriculture and impact local communities.
Interested in this topic? Learn more👉 buff.ly/toIy7ea
#Worldof8Billion #YouthVoices #GlobalEd #edusky #edusci
September 10, 2025 at 3:53 PM
💧 Next up in the 2026 World of 8 Billion Contest: Wetlands!🌿
Wetlands store more carbon than rainforests. Despite this, wetlands are cleared for agriculture and impact local communities.
Interested in this topic? Learn more👉 buff.ly/toIy7ea
#Worldof8Billion #YouthVoices #GlobalEd #edusky #edusci
Wetlands store more carbon than rainforests. Despite this, wetlands are cleared for agriculture and impact local communities.
Interested in this topic? Learn more👉 buff.ly/toIy7ea
#Worldof8Billion #YouthVoices #GlobalEd #edusky #edusci
#PopulationEducation in action! 🙌 An AP Human Geo teacher used our World Population History site so students could find their population # and see global growth in real time. Such a fun way to bring the concept to life! 🌍
Students loved it—now it’s your turn! 👉 #MyPopNumber
buff.ly/OqGN52J #edusky
Students loved it—now it’s your turn! 👉 #MyPopNumber
buff.ly/OqGN52J #edusky
September 9, 2025 at 3:05 PM
#PopulationEducation in action! 🙌 An AP Human Geo teacher used our World Population History site so students could find their population # and see global growth in real time. Such a fun way to bring the concept to life! 🌍
Students loved it—now it’s your turn! 👉 #MyPopNumber
buff.ly/OqGN52J #edusky
Students loved it—now it’s your turn! 👉 #MyPopNumber
buff.ly/OqGN52J #edusky
🌍First up in the 2026 World of 8 Billion Student Contest: Energy!⚡
The natural resources around us power our lives, but energy access is a global challenge affecting population growth.
💡Click here to dive deeper: buff.ly/Hzils4i
#WorldOf8Billion #StudentVoices #GlobalEd #edusky #sschat #edusci
The natural resources around us power our lives, but energy access is a global challenge affecting population growth.
💡Click here to dive deeper: buff.ly/Hzils4i
#WorldOf8Billion #StudentVoices #GlobalEd #edusky #sschat #edusci
September 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🌍First up in the 2026 World of 8 Billion Student Contest: Energy!⚡
The natural resources around us power our lives, but energy access is a global challenge affecting population growth.
💡Click here to dive deeper: buff.ly/Hzils4i
#WorldOf8Billion #StudentVoices #GlobalEd #edusky #sschat #edusci
The natural resources around us power our lives, but energy access is a global challenge affecting population growth.
💡Click here to dive deeper: buff.ly/Hzils4i
#WorldOf8Billion #StudentVoices #GlobalEd #edusky #sschat #edusci