Population Education

🌳 Nearly 30% of the world’s 60,000+ tree species are threatened with extinction. But conservation efforts offer hope! Scientists are rediscovering trees once thought extinct and working to restore vulnerable species. 🌱 populationeducation.org/extinct-tree...

🌎 Climate migration is already reshaping where and how people live. Extreme weather events, drought, sea level rise, and other environmental changes affect homes, and livelihoods. Some people can relocate, but others may lack the resources to make a move. ➡️https://buff.ly/mteg6ZU

🌎📊 What happens when population trends don't follow the textbook? The Demographic Transition Model doesn't always match reality. Our latest blog looks at countries that challenge the model and why. 🍎 Great real-world examples for #APHumanGeo lessons! buff.ly/Hwd9tkf #DemographicTransitionModel

📊 Teaching the Demographic Transition Model? One of our most popular resources just got an update! Explore current data, global trends, and real-world examples across all five stages. Great for AP Human Geography Unit 2 and AP Environmental Science Unit 3! populationeducation.org/introduction...

🤖 AI is everywhere, but powering it takes A LOT of energy. This TED-Ed video breaks down why AI data centers use so much electricity and what that growing demand means for our resources. A timely classroom watch: www.youtube.com/watch?v=z3Y-... #edusky #AI #DataCenters #STEMEducation

Join us and spend 75min trying out activities you can take straight back to your class. Step into the activities yourself using simulations, personal stories, mapping, & data to explore why people migrate and how migration shapes populations. 📅 Oct 21 | 4:30–5:45 p.m. ET buff.ly/ukBEi2U

🤖 Your students are already using AI. The bigger question is: Are they actually learning from it? This blog looks at the growing divide between students who use AI as a shortcut and those learning how to question it, fact-check it, and use it without handing over the thinking. 👉 buff.ly/Df2piJP

🍎✏️ Teachers, could a little extra support help bring your students’ World of 8 Billion video ideas to life? Our Teacher Mini-Grants offer $100–$500 in need-based funding to help support your students as they create their contest videos. 🎥🌎 ⏳ Applications due Oct 30, 2026. 👉 buff.ly/HlQDBxs

Last but not least in the 2026-2027 World of 8 Billion Student Video Contest: Fresh Water Use!💧 Learn more 👉 www.worldof8billion.org/wp-content/u... #Worldof8Billion #StudentVideoContest #YouthVoices #GlobalEducation #middleschoolteacher #highschoolteacher #ScienceTeacher #EnvironmentalScience

Next up in the 2026-2027 World of 8 Billion Student Video Contest: City Planning! 🏙️ Learn more 👉 www.worldof8billion.org/wp-content/u... #Worldof8Billion #StudentVideoContest #YouthVoices #GlobalEducation #middleschoolteacher #highschoolteacher #ScienceTeacher #EnvironmentalScience

🌍First up in the 2026–2027 World of 8 Billion Student Video Contest: Extreme Weather!⚡ Learn more with the Extreme Weather Topic Backgrounder 👉 www.worldof8billion.org/wp-content/u... #Worldof8Billion #StudentVideoContest #YouthVoices #GlobalEducation #Sustainability #scienceteacher

🌍🙋Ready to start researching for the #Worldof8Billion contest, but don't know where to start? Find the links to the backgrounders on this page👇 www.worldof8billion.org/video-contes... #StudentVoices #TeachSDGS #middleschoolteacher #highschoolteacher #ProjectBasedLearning #EnvironmentalScience

🚨🌍 The World of 8 Billion Video Contest is OPEN! 🌪️ Extreme Weather | 🏙️ City Planning | 💧 Fresh Water Use 📹 Students in grades 6–12 worldwide: Create a 60-sec video with creative solutions for a sustainable future. . 👉 www.worldof8billion.org #WorldOf8Billion #StudentVoices #edusky #sschat #Edusci #

⌛ The World of 8 Billion Video Conest for 2026 – 2027 opens in just 5 days! On Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026, we will announce the three new topics and contest details! Comment below what your favorite part of the contest is! ⬇️ #Worldof8Billion #edusky #sschat #edusci #PopulationEducation

What will the U.S. population map look like in 2040? 👀 This map projects which states could see the biggest population gains...and which may experience declines in the years ahead. What could these shifts mean for the communities where we live? www.visualcapitalist.com/mapped-u-s-p...

Today's students learn differently and understanding Gen Z can help create more engaging classrooms. 📚✨ Our newest blog, written by a member of Gen Z, shares practical, classroom-ready strategies for connecting with today's learners. ⬇️ populationeducation.org/a-quick-prim... #edusky

AI, electric cars, A/C during record heat, and our increasingly connected lives are driving a new era of energy demand.... While renewable energy reached a major milestone in 2025 by generating more electricity globally than coal for the first time. populationeducation.org/energy-consu...

Summer is flying by! ☀️Slow down with a great book. We've rounded up 11 books that have inspired our team and explore the people, places, and ideas that shape our world. populationeducation.org/summer-book-...

Happy World Population Day! 🌍 8 billion people. One shared planet. Today it's an opportunity to better understand our changing world and the connections between people, resources, and the environment. Discover free educational resources to keep learning at PopulationEducation.org.

How many of the essentials on this list did you use before noon? For billions of people, access to basic essentials isn't a given. Understanding population means understanding not just how many people share our planet, but also the different realities in which they live. #PopulationDay

Every number on the population clock represents a person. A life. A story. 🌍 We're kicking off #PopulationWeek by looking beyond the numbers to explore the connections between people, resources, and our shared future. Follow along all week! populationeducation.org/current-popu...

Happy Fourth of July! 🇺🇸 Today we celebrate our shared history and the people whose diverse experiences and contributions continue to shape our country. Wishing everyone a safe, joyful, and meaningful Independence Day.

Understanding how much the average person consumes helps reveal why some countries use far more resources than others, regardless of population size. Learn about per capita consumption, why it matters, and how to bring this topic to life in the classroom. 🌎 populationeducation.org/what-is-per-...

Have you used PRB's Data Sheet in your classroom? Share how it has helped your students engage with real-world data and global issues in the comments or through the link. buff.ly/fw5Fhoh Your stories help show why this trusted resource remains so important for both educators and students.

📊 For 60+ years, the World Population Data Sheet has helped people understand our changing world through reliable demographic data. We're proud that Population Connection helped ensure this invaluable resource continues. 🌎 buff.ly/8WoS8e1 #dataliteracy

Thank you to our wonderful judges who helped select our 18 winners and supported the contest this year - we couldn't have done this without you all! 👏🌟🌏 From the Netherlands to South Africa, and beyond, let's celebrate this wonderful panel of global educators and experts! 🙌🎉➡️ buff.ly/5Jj2H4j

Last but not least: Caroline Holt, Mia Escalante, and Denise Collins, our second Wetlands honorable mention from The Bush School in Seattle! With beautiful drawings, the trio highlights the value of creating wetland parks to increase biodiversity and nature spaces for all⛲🌲⏯️ buff.ly/WChUDBd

Mary Laborde from Mt Vernon School in Atlanta earned an Honorable Mention for Wetlands! As microplastics continue to accumulate in urbanized areas with wetlands, Mary illustrates the value of bioretention cells, or basins with native plants, to capture these plastics. 🌊🌿▶️ buff.ly/0wglyhu

Kevin Shu and Rohan Ragupathy also received an honorable mention in the Economics category! Hailing from Trumbull High School in Connecticut, the pair focuses on monopsonies, how they have created low wages for certain countries, and what governments can do to combat this issue 💵👷↗️ buff.ly/VJnNVI8

🏠Allie Parker is our Economics honorable mention from Mt Vernon School in Atlanta, Georgia! With more than 771,000 people in the United States facing homelessness, Allie addresses the challenge with strong and actionable solutions. 🌇🔑⏭️ buff.ly/IuEbi7d

Our next Energy honorable mention: Maisarah Aminah Dombrowski from Pennsbury High School in PA! After discovering that energy poverty is common across rural towns in the United States, Maisarah was determined to create a video emphasizing the importance of energy microgrids. 🌞🏡➡️ buff.ly/FxUMc6p

✨ Honorable Mention time! ✨ Anie Udofia, from William Aberhart High School in Calgary, Alberta, shows how AI data centers can be more sustainable with liquid immersion cooling, a solution that's based on a century-old technique. 🧑‍💻❄️⏯️ buff.ly/r1OQjM2

Viaan Bachalakuri, Eric Yan, Arjun Reddy, and Karthik Tummala collaborated to create the winning Wetlands Middle School second-place video! The team from Nelson Middle School in Frisco, TX shed light on paludiculture and the benefits the solution brings including carbon storage🌳▶️ buff.ly/RcQAVN3

Featuring our second place Wetlands winner: Anay Pradhan from The International School of the Hague in the Netherlands: Anay promotes the importance of paludiculture, or rewetting wetlands to farm, to avoid the destruction of peatlands, which cover 3% of the world’s surface. 🌱⏩ buff.ly/Y0bzb60

Ada Ngai and Jonathan Wang are our second place Middle School winners from Juan Cabrillo Middle School for Economics! Using hand-made cardboard cut-outs and stop-motion video, the pair shows how economies thrive when governments invest in children’s education worldwide 🌍🎓 ▶️ buff.ly/PCkClLI

Matthew Park, our 2nd Place Winner, from the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy focused on housing inequities for his Economics video! Matthew highlights the value of community land trusts (CLTs) to tackle homelessness and unstable housing prices in the United States🏘️➡️ buff.ly/nx2U9sy

🔋Sand Batteries: Powering the Way to a Sustainable Future was created by our second place winners, Karis Tseng and Anika Chandak from Juan Cabrillo Middle School in CA! The girls discovered that sand batteries are a new renewable energy source that could help those in energy poverty: buff.ly/xFBZWFK

🌎Kicking off our spotlights for our second place winners featuring Zening Zhao from Saddle River Day School in NJ! Creating detailed animations and filming throughout New York City, Zening inspires viewers to take mass transportation to reduce our energy footprints ⏩ buff.ly/tYcT3tL