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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
Tissue Flower
Crepe Paper Flower
Earth Science Printable Book (K-4)
Earth Day Printable Book (K-4)
Acrostic Poem: Earth Day
Seeds Word Search
What Can You Reuse and Recycle?
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Printables for Grades 6-12
Plant Graph
Plant Crossword Puzzle
An Inconvenient Truth Classroom Poster
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring: Reading Passage
Fossil Layers
Recycling
Earth Day Activities
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Lesson Plans
Flower and Leaf Press
Build a Volcano
Recycled Art
Recycled Poetry
Plants of the Rain Forest
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring
Weather Station
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
Highest, Lowest, and Mean Elevations in the United States, by State
The Uncertainties of Global Warming
Highest Mountain Peaks in the United States
Global Warming: So, What's the Big Deal?
National Park System of the United States
Global Warming: We CAN Make a Difference!
Global Warming: A Glossary of Terms
More Popular Earth Day References
Earth Day Art Activities
Maisy's Nature Walk Activity Kit
Recycled Art Reflection Questionnaire
Collecting Cans
What's the Solution to Ocean Pollution?
Children of Native America Today Activities
More Earth Day Art Activities
History Activities for Earth Day
National Monuments in the U.S.
National Scenic Trails
Daily Warm-Up 74 for Gr. 3 & 4: Current Events
Language Arts Resources for Earth Day
Earth Day Word Search
There's an Owl in the Shower
Pollution Vocabulary
The Dumpster Diver: An Activity Guide
We Care About the Earth
What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean? Activity Kit
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring: Comprehension Questions
More Language Arts Resources for Earth Day
Social Studies Activities for Earth Day
Earth, Moon, Sun, and Seasons -- Lecture Notes and Facts
Second-Grade Soil Scientists
Glaciers: Ice That Flows
Extreme Geographical Points of the United States
Changing Land
Economic Resources
The School Litter Patrol
More Social Studies Activities for Earth Day
Science Activities for Earth Day
Looking for Signs of Photosynthesis
Animal Apartments
Taking Care of Our Earth With Katie Kazoo
Water: It's Easy to Swallow!
Air, Air, Everywhere
Explore Activity: Exploring Recycling
What Are Viruses & Bacteria?
More Popular Science Activities for Earth Day
Weather Activities for Earth Day
Identifying Biomes
Erosion Word Search
Breaking Up Is Easy to Do
Air Quality and the Weather -- Student Worksheet
The Ozone Show
Making a Wind Vane
The Effects of Global Warming on Sea Level
More Popular Weather Activities for Earth Day
Recycling Resources
Ways to Help the Environment
A Household of the Future
Classifying Wastes
Which Package Is Better?
Stop Junk Mail
Make a No-Waste Sack Lunch
Light the Bulbs
More Popular Recycling Resources
Pollution Resources
Threats to Tropical Rain Forests
Major Air Pollutants
Modeling Wastewater Treatment
The Global Environment Outlook: An Overview
Analyzing Air Quality
Science, Technology, and Society: Clean Machine
Tolkien's Middle-earth Unit 6: Treebeard's Lament
More Popular Pollution Resources
Global Warming Resources
Global Warming: Greenhouse Effect
Global Warming: Can We Change the Climate?
Emissions and Global Warming
Global Warming: What It Is . . .
Global Warming and Global Temperature
Global Warming and Climate
Will Global Warming Change the U.S. Climate?
More Global Warming Teacher Resources
Natural Resources Conservation
History of Earth Day
Stop Junk Mail -- Letter to Parents
More Popular Activities for Natural Resources Conservation
Botany Resources for Earth Day
Understanding Chlorophyll
Gardening with Kids
Photosynthesis
Plants of the Rain Forest Rubric
Experiment in Chromatography
Plant Products
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
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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