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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
Green Tips: Saving Energy
Green Tips: Ten Easy Ways Kids (and their Parents) Can Help the Planet!
Green Tips: Saving Paper
Save the Earth! Recyclable Items
Recycling Craft Project: Make a Birdhouse
Home, Sweet, Home: Animal Habitats
Time to Bloom!
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Printables for Grades 6-12
Renewable and Non-renewable Energy
Make a Difference in Your School
Fossil Layers
The "Three Rs": Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle
Plant Crossword Puzzle
Plant Graph
Crepe Paper Flower
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Lesson Plans
Build a Volcano
Recycled Art
Plants of the Rain Forest
Flower and Leaf Press
Weather Station
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring
Recycled Poetry
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
Global Warming: A Glossary of Terms
The Uncertainties of Global Warming
Photosynthesis
The Effects of Global Warming on Sea Level
Global Warming: Greenhouse Effect
Global Warming: So, What's the Big Deal?
Geographical Highs, Lows, and Boundaries of the U.S.
More Popular Earth Day References
Earth Day Art Activities
Recycled Art Projects Slideshow
Recycled Art Reflection Questionnaire
Tissue Flower
What's the Solution to Ocean Pollution?
Coloring Packet: Reusing an Old Jar
Maisy's Nature Walk Activity Kit
Collecting Cans
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
Save the Earth Vocabulary
Pollution Vocabulary
Soil Erosion Word Search
There's an Owl in the Shower
Seeds Word Search
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring: Reading Passage
Erosion Word Search
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
Extreme Geographical Points of the United States
Economic Resources
Highest Mountain Peaks in the United States
North American Continental Divide
Rivers of the United States
More Social Studies Activities for Earth Day
Science Activities for Earth Day
Making a Wind Vane
Looking for Signs of Photosynthesis
Taking Care of Our Earth With Katie Kazoo
Erosion at Work
What Are Viruses & Bacteria?
What Can You Reuse and Recycle?
Whirly Copter
More Popular Science Activities for Earth Day
Weather Activities for Earth Day
Identifying Biomes
An Inconvenient Truth Classroom Poster
Erosion Explosion
Air Quality and the Weather -- Student Worksheet
Air, Air, Everywhere
Global Warming: Climate's Come a Long Way!
Air Quality and the Weather -- Student Section
More Popular Weather Activities for Earth Day
Recycling Resources
Classroom Activities Slideshow: Going Green
Earth Science Printables Slideshow
Green Classroom Practices That Save Money
Reusing & Recycling Reduces Waste: Environment Activities for the Classroom
Environment & Pollution: Matching Worksheet
Dr. Seuss and Resource Use
Recycling Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom
More Popular Recycling Resources
Pollution Resources
Save Our Earth! Alternative Uses for Common Trash
Recycling Study Guide
Recycling Facts
Earth Day Printable Book (K-4)
Trash & Climate Change
Green Living Quiz: Environmental Resources
We Care About the Earth
More Popular Pollution Resources
Global Warming Resources
Save Our Environment Printable Book (K-12)
An Ecosystem Escapade
Green Living Quiz: Global Warming
Environmental Science Printables Slideshow
Earth Day Printables Slideshow
What Are Some Global Effects of Pollution?
How Many People Does It Take to Ruin an Ecosystem?
More Global Warming Teacher Resources
Natural Resources Conservation
What Are Natural Resources?
Activity: Classifying Natural Resources
How Can Natural Resources Be Conserved?
Threats to Tropical Rain Forests
Activity: The Water Cycle
Identifying and Conserving Natural Resources Activity
Composting Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom
More Popular Activities for Natural Resources Conservation
Botany Resources for Earth Day
"My Garden Song"
Gardening with Kids
Plant Products
Plants of the Rain Forest Rubric
Understanding Chlorophyll
Experiment in Chromatography
Pests, Pesticides, and the Environment Activity
More Plants (Botany) – Teacher Resources
Animal Resources for Earth Day
Animal and Insect Pictures
What Is Balance in an Ecosystem?
Extinct, Endangered, and Threatened Animals Activity
How Many Shrimp?
Mystery of the Malformed Frogs Lesson Plan
Animal Apartments -- Student Worksheet
Animal Apartments
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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