Earth Day Activities, Worksheets & 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.
Earth Day Videos
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
- Earth Day Recycling Lesson Plan
- Water Cycle Lesson Plan
- 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
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
Science Activities for Earth Day
- 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
Browse Earth Day Resources
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EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Earth Day Activity Packet
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WORKSHEETS
Earth Day Activities Worksheet
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LESSON PLANS
Earth Day Recycling Project-Based Lesson
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ACTIVITIES
Earth Day ELA Choice Board for Middle School
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ACTIVITIES
Earth Day ELA Choice Board for Elementary Grades
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VIDEOS
Recycling & Waste Management – Educational Videos & Activities
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WORKSHEETS
Dr. Seuss and Resource Use: Featuring The Lorax
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WORKSHEETS
Recycling Word Problems
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WORKSHEETS
Renewable and Non-renewable Energy
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WORKSHEETS
The Human Impact on the Environment–Key Term Review
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ACTIVITIES
Dig Deeper Project-Based Learning Earth Day Unit
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REFERENCE
Global Warming: A Glossary of Terms
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GRAPHIC ORGANIZERS
Spring Choice Boards (Grades 3-5)
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LESSON PLANS
We Care About the Earth: Writing a PSA
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REFERENCE
Global Warming: So, What's the Big Deal?
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EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Earth Science Printables Slideshow
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REFERENCE
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring
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BOOK GUIDES
EARTH! My First 4.54 Billion Years Curriculum Guide
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WORKSHEETS
Recycling Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom
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WORKSHEETS
What Causes Water Pollution?
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EDITOR'S COLLECTIONS
Save Our Environment Printables Slideshow
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WORKSHEETS
What Causes Land Pollution?
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TEACHING RESOURCE
Green Classroom Practices That Save Money
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WORKSHEETS
Waste-Free Lunch
