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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

Home, Sweet, Home: Animal Habitats
Seeds Word Search
Plant Crossword Puzzle
Renewable and Non-renewable Energy
Tissue Flower
Soil Erosion Word Search
Dr. Seuss and Resource Use: Featuring The Lorax
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Printables for Grades 6-12

Environment & Pollution: Matching Worksheet
Plant Graph
Recycling Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom
Composting Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom
Recycling Process
Plant Products
Earth's Changing Surfaces Printable Book (6-10)
More Popular Earth Day Printables

Lesson Plans

Recycled Art
Flower and Leaf Press
Build a Volcano
Plants of the Rain Forest
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring
Weather Station
What Kind of Trash Bag Breaks Down Fastest?
More Earth Day Lesson Plans

Math Activities for Earth Day

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

References

Global Warming: A Glossary of Terms
Rivers of the United States
North American Continental Divide
Photosynthesis
Eclipses of the Sun and Moon, 2005 - 2013
National Scenic Trails
Geographical Highs, Lows, and Boundaries of the U.S.
More Popular Earth Day References

Earth Day Art Activities

Recycled Art Projects Gallery
Recycling Craft Project: Make a Birdhouse
Maisy's Nature Walk Activity Kit
Children of Native America Today Activities
Coloring Packet: Reusing an Old Jar
Collecting Cans
Crepe Paper Flower
More Earth Day Art Activities

History Activities for Earth Day

National Monuments in the U.S.
Reading Warm-Up 74 for Gr. 3 & 4: Current Events
Earth Day Activities

Language Arts Resources for Earth Day

Pollution Vocabulary
There's an Owl in the Shower
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring: Reading Passage
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring: Comprehension Questions
Taking Care of Our Earth With Katie Kazoo
What Planet Are You From, Clarice Bean? Activity Kit
The Dumpster Diver: An Activity Guide
More Language Arts Resources for Earth Day

Social Studies Activities for Earth Day

World Heritage Sites in the United States
Extreme Geographical Points of the United States
Highest Mountain Peaks in the United States
Join the Planet Protectors Club!
National Park System of the United States
Highest, Lowest, and Mean Elevations in the United States, by State
Soil Scientists
More Social Studies Activities for Earth Day

Science Activities for Earth Day

"Light the Bulbs" Recycling & Pollution Worksheet
Gardening with Kids
Looking for Signs of Photosynthesis
How Can You Pour Air?
What Can You Reuse and Recycle?
Plants of the Rain Forest Rubric
Convection Connection
More Popular Science Activities for Earth Day

Weather Activities for Earth Day

Top 10 Earth Day Printables (K-4)
Earth Science Printables Slideshow
An Inconvenient Truth Classroom Poster
Trash & Climate Change
Visibility: Student Section
Erosion Explosion
Identifying Biomes
More Popular Weather Activities for Earth Day

Recycling Resources

Favorite Classroom Activities for Going Green
Ways to Help the Environment
Save Our Earth! Alternative Uses for Common Trash
Case of the Broken Loop
Green Tips: Saving Paper
Green Tips: Ten Easy Ways Kids (and their Parents) Can Help the Planet!
Save the Earth! Recyclable Items
More Popular Recycling Resources

Pollution Resources

Tolkien's Middle-earth Unit 6: Treebeard's Lament
Human Disasters: A Timeline of Earth-Altering Accidents
Recycling Facts
Make a Difference in Your School
Sources of Resources
Reusing & Recycling Reduces Waste: Environment Activities for the Classroom
Recycling Study Guide
More Popular Pollution Resources

Environmental Science Resources

What Are Local Climates?
Green Classroom Practices That Save Money
Waste Reduction Unit: Activities on Solid & Hazardous Waste
Earth's Changing Surfaces Printables Gallery
Environmental Science Printables Slideshow
What Is the Carbon Cycle?
Waste-Free Lunch
More Environmental Science Teacher Resources

Natural Resources Conservation

What Are Natural Resources?
Activity: Classifying Natural Resources
Activity: The Water Cycle
What Are Natural Resources? Definitions
Identifying and Conserving Natural Resources Activity
Products Unit: Activities on the Product Life Cycle & Use
Save Our Environment Printable Book (K-12)
More Popular Activities for Natural Resources Conservation

Botany Resources for Earth Day

"My Garden Song"
Pests, Pesticides, and the Environment Activity
Time to Bloom!
Experiment in Chromatography
Understanding Chlorophyll
More Plants (Botany) – Teacher Resources

Animal Resources for Earth Day

Animal Apartments -- Student Worksheet
What Is Balance in an Ecosystem?
Extinct, Endangered, and Threatened Animals Activity
What Is Wildlife Conservation?
How Many Shrimp?
Animal Apartments
Mystery of the Malformed Frogs Lesson Plan
More Animals – Teacher Resources

More Earth Day Resources

"Green" Activities & Classroom Resources
Wildlife Teacher Resources
Rain Forest Teacher Resources
Oceans – Teacher Resources
Earth Science Teacher Resources

Highlights

End-of-the-Year Resources
The end of the school year is quickly approaching! Celebrate with fun activities, then prepare yourself and your students with report card advice, summer reading guides, summer math, and more.

Common Core Lessons & Resources
Is your school district adopting the Common Core? Work these new standards into your curriculum with our reading, writing, speaking, social studies, and math lessons and activities. Each piece of content incorporates the Common Core State Standards into the activity or lesson.

Top 10 Galleries
Explore our most popular Top 10 galleries, from Top 10 Behavior Management Tips for the Classroom and Top 10 Classroom Organization Tips from Veteran Teachers to Top 10 Free (& Cheap) Rewards for Students and Top 10 Things Every Teacher Needs in the Classroom. We'll help you get organized and prepared for every classroom situation, holiday, and more! Check out all of our galleries today.

June Calendar of Events
June is full of holidays and events that you can incorporate into your standard curriculum. Our Educators' Calendar outlines activities for each event, including: Summer Begins (6/21), Helen Keller's Birthday (6/27/1880), World War I Began (6/28/1914), and Meteor Day (6/30). Plus, celebrate Child Vision Awareness Month, National Rivers Month, and National Safety Month all June long!

Causes We Support: We Give Books
Visit We Give Books, an ever-growing, free online library of children's picture books! For every book read on the site, a brand-new book will be donated to a children's literacy campaign of your choosing. Read aloud to students or encourage them read independently, and you'll teach them to help others at the same time. Giving is as simple as reading!

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