VERMONT EARTH INSTITUTE

Standards Based Units

These Standards-Based Units were written by Barbara Duncan, Executive Director of Vermont Earth Institute (VEI) and member of ZPG's Population Education Network (PETNet). Her work was supported by a grant from the Vermont-NEA Partnership/Sponsorship Committee. Ms. Duncan is a Population Mentor for the Sierra Club and is active with the National Audubon Society's Population and Habitat Program. VEI is available for school programs and teachers' workshops.

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Connections Linking Population and the Environment - a standards-based unit for grades 7-12.

Adventures on Earth - a middle or high school geography standards-based unit.

How Big Is Your Ecological Footprint? - an upper elementary (5th-8th grade) standards-based unit.

Making Connections, Linking Population and the Environment - a standards-based unit for grades 4-6.

Counting on People: How Human Population Growth and Resource Consumption Affect the Environment - a standards-based unit designed for grades 4-6 (can be adapted for younger grades).

Earth Matters: How Human Population Growth and Resource Consumption Affect the Environment - an environmental standards-based unit using Zero Population Growth's high school curriculum.

People and the Planet - a middle school environmental studies standards-based unit using People and the Planet: Lessons for a Sustainable Future