Earth Day Teacher Resources

Earth Day Videos

• Recycling & Waste Management – Educational Videos & Activities

Printables for Grades K-5

• "Light the Bulbs" Recycling & Pollution Worksheet
• Earth Day Word Search
• Renewable and Non-renewable Energy
• Save Our Earth! Alternative Uses for Common Trash
• Trash & Climate Change
• Home, Sweet, Home: Animal Habitats
• Dr. Seuss and Resource Use: Featuring The Lorax
• More Earth Day Printables

Printables for Grades 6-12

• Environment & Pollution: Matching Worksheet
• Activity: Classifying Natural Resources
• History of Earth Day
• Earth Day Activities
• Our Growing Planet
• Acrostic Poem: Earth Day
• What Are Some Alternate Energy Sources?
• More Earth Day Printables

Lesson Plans

• Recycled Art
• Build a Volcano
• Recycled Poetry
• Plants of the Rain Forest
• Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring
• Weather Station
• We Care About the Earth: Writing a PSA
• More Earth Day Lesson Plans

Math Activities for Earth Day

• Recycling Word Problems
• Our Growing Planet
• Buy Nothing Day
• How Can You Make a Thermometer?
• Money-Saving Tips for Teachers

References

• Global Warming: A Glossary of Terms
• Global Warming: So, What's the Big Deal?
• The Uncertainties of Global Warming
• Global Warming: We CAN Make a Difference!
• Global Warming: Greenhouse Effect
• The Global Environment Outlook: An Overview
• Photosynthesis
• More Earth Day References

Earth Day Art Activities

• Recycled Art
• Recycled Art Projects Gallery
• What's the Solution to Ocean Pollution?
• Maisy's Nature Walk Activity Kit
• Collecting Cans
• Recycling Craft Project: Make a Birdhouse
• Children of Native America Today Activities
• More Earth Day Art Activities

History Activities for Earth Day

• Littering Reading Warm-Up
• National Scenic Trails
• National Monuments in the U.S.

Language Arts Resources for Earth Day

• Soil Erosion Word Search
• Recycled Poetry
• A Teacher's Guide to An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore
• There's an Owl in the Shower
• Taking Care of Our Earth With Katie Kazoo
• Just a Dream Teacher's Guide
• Extinct, Endangered, and Threatened Animals Activity
• More Language Arts Resources for Earth Day

Social Studies Activities for Earth Day

• Our Growing Planet
• The School Litter Patrol
• Soil Scientists
• Second-Grade Soil Scientists
• Earth, Moon, Sun, and Seasons -- Lecture Notes and Facts
• Geographical Highs, Lows, and Boundaries of the U.S.
• Science, Technology, and Society: Clean Machine
• More Social Studies Activities for Earth Day

Science Activities for Earth Day

• Gardening with Kids
• Which Package Is Better?
• Composting Process
• Animal Apartments
• Making a Wind Vane
• How Can You Make a Thermometer?
• What Can You Reuse and Recycle?
• More Science Activities for Earth Day

Weather Activities for Earth Day

• Earth Science Printables Slideshow
• How Can You Make a Thermometer?
• Weather Station
• Air Quality and the Weather -- Student Worksheet
• Analyzing Air Quality
• Air Quality and the Weather -- Teacher Section
• Air Quality and the Weather -- Student Section
• More Weather Activities for Earth Day

Recycling Resources

• Recycling & Waste Management – Educational Videos & Activities
• Environment & Pollution: Matching Worksheet
• Recycled Art
• Favorite Classroom Activities for Going Green
• Recycling Word Problems
• The "Three Rs": Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle
• Composting Process
• More Recycling Resources

Pollution Resources

• Environment & Pollution: Matching Worksheet
• Recycling Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom
• Save Our Environment Printables Slideshow
• The Human Impact on the Environment–Test
• Ways to Help the Environment
• Reusing & Recycling Reduces Waste: Environment Activities for the Classroom
• Case of the Broken Loop
• More Pollution Resources

Environmental Science Resources

• Environment & Pollution: Matching Worksheet
• Green Classroom Practices That Save Money
• Save Our Environment Printable Book (K-12)
• Waste Reduction Unit: Activities on Solid & Hazardous Waste
• Recycling Study Guide
• Landfill & Combustion Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom
• Human Disasters: A Timeline of Earth-Altering Accidents
• More Environmental Science Teacher Resources

Natural Resources Conservation

• Composting Process
• How Can Natural Resources Be Conserved?
• Explore Activity: Exploring Recycling
• Classifying Wastes
• Source Reduction Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom
• Composting Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom
• Stop Junk Mail
• More Activities for Natural Resources Conservation

Botany Resources for Earth Day

• Plants of the Rain Forest Rubric
• "My Garden Song"
• Tolkien's Middle-earth Unit 6: Treebeard's Lament
• What Is the Carbon Cycle?
• Pests, Pesticides, and the Environment Activity
• Time to Bloom!
• More Plants (Botany) – Teacher Resources

Animal Resources for Earth Day

• Animal and Insect Pictures
• What Is Balance in an Ecosystem?
• Animal Apartments -- Student Worksheet
• Mystery of the Malformed Frogs Lesson Plan
• How Many Shrimp?
• What Is Wildlife Conservation?
• More Animals – Teacher Resources

More Earth Day Resources

• "Green" Activities & Classroom Resources
• Wildlife Teacher Resources
• Rain Forests: Teacher Resources
• Oceans – Teacher Resources
• Earth Science Teacher Resources