ABSTRACT
The Global Population Issues curriculum is grounded in the latest theory of learning for students in grade 7 specifically. Students acquire important knowledge and skills grounded in national academic standards in mathematics, English language arts, science, and 21st century skills that will enable their learning to be deeper, retained longer, and applied throughout, illustrating the critical connections within and across disciplines. The Global Population Issues curriculum in the Sustainable Systems STEM Road Map theme can be used in single-content classrooms where there is only one teacher or expanded to include multiple teachers and content areas across classrooms. Through the exploration of the Global Population Issues lesson plans, students engage in a real-world STEM problem on the first day of instruction and gather necessary knowledge and skills along the way in the context of solving the problem.
