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Empowering educators with engaging k-12 lessons + PD that explore population growth, sustainability, and human impact on the planet.
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🌍⭐ 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
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
November 5, 2025 at 9:00 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 Worldof8Billion@populationeducation.org with any questions.

#GlobalEd #edusky
October 29, 2025 at 3:53 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
October 16, 2025 at 5:31 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
October 15, 2025 at 5:01 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
October 11, 2025 at 1:15 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
October 8, 2025 at 7:49 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
October 7, 2025 at 4:01 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
October 6, 2025 at 10:25 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! 🍎🌍
October 5, 2025 at 1:02 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
October 1, 2025 at 3:53 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
September 30, 2025 at 1:31 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
September 23, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🌟 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
September 23, 2025 at 12:27 AM
🍎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
September 17, 2025 at 3:53 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
September 16, 2025 at 8:30 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
September 12, 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
September 10, 2025 at 3:53 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
September 9, 2025 at 3:05 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
September 8, 2025 at 3:53 PM
🌍 The World of 8 Billion Contest is OPEN!
📹 Grades 6–12 | 🎬 60-sec videos
⚡ Energy | 🌿 Wetlands | 💰 Economics
📅 Deadline: March 4, 2026

➡️ Details: buff.ly/ZNM0IV0

#WorldOf8Billion #StudentVoices #GlobalEd #edusky #sschat #edusci
September 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
🚨🌍 The World of 8 Billion Video Contest is OPEN!
⚡ Energy | 🌿 Wetlands | 💰 Economics
📹 Students in grades 6–12 worldwide: Create a 60-sec video with creative solutions for a sustainable future.
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👉 Learn More: buff.ly/ZNM0IV0
#WorldOf8Billion #StudentVoices #edusky #sschat #Edusci
September 3, 2025 at 1:05 PM
⌛Just 1 day left until the World of 8 Billion Contest opens for the 2025 - 2026 school year!

✨Check out our website to get inspiration from our 2024 - 2025 contest winners and see how you could win this year’s contest: ✨
buff.ly/90IZ3ZL

#Worldof8Billion #edusky #sschat #edusci #PopulationEducation
September 2, 2025 at 6:09 PM
⌛5 days until the 2025-2026 World of 8 Billion Contest opens!

On Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025, we will announce the three new topics and contest details! Comment below what you think this year’s topics will be! ⬇️

#Worldof8Billion #edusky #sschat #edusci #PopulationEducation
August 29, 2025 at 3:53 PM
Teachers at Guilford County Public Schools got hands-on with science at an in-service workshop—exploring survival in Panther Hunt, climate data in Carbon Crunch, and sustainability in For the Common Good. 🐾🌍🤝 #ScienceEd #ActiveLearning #edusky #populationeducation
August 20, 2025 at 5:14 PM