Excellent hands-on curriculum. Includes reproducible student pages. Curriculum is correlated to the National Framework Standards, excellently researched, interdisciplinary curriculum focusing on the effects of world population growth. Mathis Wackernagel developed the Footprint calculator to help individuals evaluate how many resources they are using in terms of energy. Each person is given a fixed amount of energy use per year and this exercise helps determine priorities.
Many versions are available now.
Popnet helps students understand the issues of population growth, resource consumption and the long term impacts of this issue. Designed for middle and high school students, interdisciplinary curriculum. Geography, social studies and environmental concerns addressed. Activities include detailed instructions for making a solar greenhouses, water heaters and homes. Includes plans for making solar water heaters and cookers as well as uses games as teaching tools.