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Earth Day Teacher Resources

April 22 is Earth Day. Use the lessons, printables, and references below to teach your class about our environment and how to preserve our planet. Resources on global warming, recycling, and pollution will help you explore this important topic. There are plenty of fun hands-on activities for science and art to keep students interested in learning about their world. You'll find a variety of cross-curricular Earth Day resources to enhance your curriculum for kindergarten through twelfth grade.
Printables for Grades K-5
Fossil Layers
Save Our Environment Printable Book (K-12)
Plant Crossword Puzzle
Crepe Paper Flower
Looking for Signs of Photosynthesis
Pollution Vocabulary
Saving Nonrenewable Energy Resources
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Printables for Grades 6-12
Plant Graph
An Inconvenient Truth Classroom Poster
Acrostic Poem: Earth Day
Experiment in Chromatography
Activity: Classifying Natural Resources
Activity: The Water Cycle
Erosion Word Search
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Lesson Plans
Build a Volcano
Recycled Art
Weather Station
Plants of the Rain Forest
Recycled Poetry
Flower and Leaf Press
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring
More Earth Day Lesson Plans
Quizzes
Eclipse Quiz
Eclipse Quiz Answer Sheet
Bulletin Boards
Ecology-Themed Bulletin Board
Math Activities for Earth Day
How Can You Make a Thermometer?
Recycling Word Problems
Our Growing Planet
References
The Effects of Global Warming on Sea Level
Global Warming: Greenhouse Effect
The Uncertainties of Global Warming
Global Warming: A Glossary of Terms
Global Warming: So, What's the Big Deal?
Major Air Pollutants
Photosynthesis
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Earth Day Art Activities
Recycled Art Projects Slideshow
What's the Solution to Ocean Pollution?
Recycled Art Reflection Questionnaire
Tissue Flower
Children of Native America Today Activities
Collecting Cans
Maisy's Nature Walk Activity Kit
More Earth Day Art Activities
History Activities for Earth Day
National Monuments in the U.S.
National Scenic Trails
Earth Day Activities
Reading Warm-Up 74 for Gr. 3 & 4: Current Events
Language Arts Resources for Earth Day
There's an Owl in the Shower
Seeds Word Search
Soil Erosion Word Search
We Care About the Earth
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring: Reading Passage
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring: Comprehension Questions
Just a Dream Teacher's Guide
More Language Arts Resources for Earth Day
Social Studies Activities for Earth Day
Second-Grade Soil Scientists
Earth, Moon, Sun, and Seasons -- Lecture Notes and Facts
Rivers of the United States
Glaciers: Ice That Flows
Economic Resources
Highest Mountain Peaks in the United States
North American Continental Divide
More Social Studies Activities for Earth Day
Science Activities for Earth Day
What Can You Reuse and Recycle?
Erosion at Work
Recycling Process
Understanding Chlorophyll
Making a Wind Vane
Box Up Your Habitat
Classifying Cerealites
More Popular Science Activities for Earth Day
Weather Activities for Earth Day
Identifying Biomes
The Global Environment Outlook: An Overview
Erosion Explosion
Breaking Up Is Easy to Do
Air, Air, Everywhere
Global Warming: We CAN Make a Difference!
Global Warming: Can We Change the Climate?
More Popular Weather Activities for Earth Day
Recycling Resources
Classroom Activities Slideshow: Going Green
Earth Science Printables Slideshow
Green Classroom Practices That Save Money
Earth Day Printable Book (K-4)
Earth Day Printables Slideshow
Taking Care of Our Earth With Katie Kazoo
Environmental Science Printables Slideshow
More Popular Recycling Resources
Pollution Resources
What Is Balance in an Ecosystem?
Six Major Air Pollutants Activity
What Are Air and Water Pollution?
Modeling Wastewater Treatment
Classifying Wastes
Science, Technology, and Society: Clean Machine
A Household of the Future
More Popular Pollution Resources
Global Warming Resources
Earth's Changing Surfaces Printables Slideshow
Global Warming and Climate
Global Warming and Global Temperature
Emissions and Global Warming
The Ozone Show
Will Global Warming Change the U.S. Climate?
Global Warming: The Climate Detectives
More Global Warming Teacher Resources
Natural Resources Conservation
History of Earth Day
Make a No-Waste Sack Lunch
Stop Junk Mail
Earth Day Word Search
Explore Activity: Exploring Recycling
Threats to Tropical Rain Forests
Which Package Is Better?
More Popular Activities for Natural Resources Conservation
Botany Resources for Earth Day
Tolkien's Middle-earth Unit 6: Treebeard's Lament
Gardening with Kids
Plant Products
Plants of the Rain Forest Rubric
More Plants (Botany) – Teacher Resources
Animal Resources for Earth Day
Animal and Insect Pictures
Mystery of the Malformed Frogs Lesson Plan
Animal Apartments -- Student Worksheet
Animal Apartments
How Many Shrimp?
More Animals – Teacher Resources
More Earth Day Resources
Wildlife Teacher Resources
Rain Forest Teacher Resources
Oceans – Teacher Resources
Earth Science Teacher Resources

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