Counting on People (K-3)

Contact Information

Phone: 202-332-2200

Email: PopEd@popconnect.org

Street Address: 1400 16th Street, NW, Suite 320
Washington, District of Columbia 20036

Last Updated: 12-05-2005

Compendium Resource

Reviewer Comments

General Content
"A nicely done curriculum for a human population unit."

"Well balanced approach."

Presentation
"Good integration of songs, stories, poems."

Pedagogy
"Many of the activities are more appropriate for the 4—6 level."

"Engaging, creative ways to get [information] across to students."

Teacher Usability
"Activities are easily integrated into the curriculum."

Focus on Communities
"The activities facilitate students' conceptual understanding of interactions of natural and human communities."

Cultural and economic issues that influence family size are sometimes ignored.

EE Program/Resource ss Details

Provided by: Population Connection, National Office

Description: Counting on People (1994, 147 p.) is an elementary guide (grades 1-6) designed to increase student understanding of global population growth, resource use, and waste production. Activities are organized around eight modules that explore the meaning of populations, carrying capacity, basic human needs, the concept of crowding, the relationship between resource use and waste production, and the impact of human population growth on wildlife. All activities and readings in Counting on People are correlated to the California State Board of Education Content Standards. Correlations are available at www.PopulationEducation.org.

Web Address: http://www.PopulationEducation.org

Program/Resource Type: Curriculum

Audience Served: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Cost: $13 plus shipping and handling

EE Focus: Natural Resources/Res. Mgmt., Plants & Animals, Pollution Prevention, Population, Recycling/Waste Mgmt.

Academic Focus: History/Social Sciences, Science, Interdisciplinary

Counties Served: Statewide

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Report Card

Overall Grade
General Content
Presentation
Pedagogy
Teacher Usability
Community

B+
A
A-
B+
B+
B+

Discipline Emphasis

Science
History/Social Science
Health
Mathematics
Visual/Performing Arts
Language Arts
Industrial/Vocational Ed.
Foreign Language