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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
Crepe Paper Flower
Tissue Flower
Plant Crossword Puzzle
Save Our Environment Printable Book (K-12)
Fossil Layers
Ecology-Themed Bulletin Board
What Can You Reuse and Recycle?
More Popular Earth Day Printables
Printables for Grades 6-12
Plant Graph
Seeds Word Search
What Causes Air Pollution?
Environmental Science Printable Book (6-10)
An Inconvenient Truth Classroom Poster
Recycling Process
Identifying and Conserving Natural Resources Activity
More Popular Earth Day Printables
Lesson Plans
Build a Volcano
Recycled Art
Flower and Leaf Press
Plants of the Rain Forest
We Care About the Earth
Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring
Weather Station
More Earth Day Lesson Plans
Quizzes
Eclipse Quiz Answer Sheet
Eclipse Quiz
Bulletin Boards
Math Activities for Earth Day
Recycling Word Problems
How Can You Make a Thermometer?
Our Growing Planet
References
Global Warming: A Glossary of Terms
National Monuments in the U.S.
World Heritage Sites in the United States
Major Air Pollutants
Photosynthesis
National Park System of the United States
National Scenic Trails
More Popular Earth Day References
Earth Day Art Activities
Recycled Art Projects Slideshow
Recycled Art Reflection Questionnaire
Collecting Cans
Children of Native America Today Activities
Maisy's Nature Walk Activity Kit
What's the Solution to Ocean Pollution?
More Earth Day Art Activities
History Activities for Earth Day
Earth Day Activities
Reading Warm-Up 74 for Gr. 3 & 4: Current Events
Language Arts Resources for Earth Day
Pollution Vocabulary
Extinct, Endangered, and Threatened Animals Activity
Acrostic Poem: Earth Day
Soil Erosion Word Search
There's an Owl in the Shower
Earth Day Word Search
Just a Dream Teacher's Guide
More Language Arts Resources for Earth Day
Social Studies Activities for Earth Day
Highest Mountain Peaks in the United States
North American Continental Divide
Rivers of the United States
Geographical Highs, Lows, and Boundaries of the U.S.
Highest, Lowest, and Mean Elevations in the United States, by State
Glaciers: Ice That Flows
Extreme Geographical Points of the United States
More Social Studies Activities for Earth Day
Science Activities for Earth Day
Making a Wind Vane
Environment and Pollution: Matching Answers
Environment and Pollution: Matching
Whirly Copter
Mud Microbiology
Gardening with Kids
Air, Air, Everywhere
More Popular Science Activities for Earth Day
Weather Activities for Earth Day
Air Quality and the Weather -- Student Section
Air Quality and the Weather -- Student Worksheet
Identifying Temperature Inversions
Investigating Air
Visibility -- Student Section
Assessing Air Quality
Identifying Biomes
More Popular Weather Activities for Earth Day
Recycling Resources
Classroom Activities Slideshow: Going Green
Green Classroom Practices That Save Money
Earth Day Printable Book (K-4)
Earth Science Printables Slideshow
Earth Day Printables Slideshow
What Causes Land Pollution?
Environmental Science Printables Slideshow
More Popular Recycling Resources
Pollution Resources
Six Major Air Pollutants Activity
What Are Air and Water Pollution?
Modeling Wastewater Treatment
The Human Impact on the Environment–Test
The Global Environment Outlook: An Overview
How Is Water Purified?
What Are Our Main Energy Resources?
More Popular Pollution Resources
Global Warming Resources
Global Warming and Global Temperature
Global Warming and Climate
Emissions and Global Warming
The Uncertainties of Global Warming
Earth's Changing Surfaces Printables Slideshow
The Effects of Global Warming on Sea Level
The Ozone Show
More Global Warming Teacher Resources
Natural Resources Conservation
Activity: The Water Cycle
What Are Natural Resources?
History of Earth Day
Activity: Classifying Natural Resources
How Can Natural Resources Be Conserved?
Classifying Wastes
Make a No-Waste Sack Lunch
More Popular Activities for Natural Resources Conservation
Botany Resources for Earth Day
Understanding Chlorophyll
Experiment in Chromatography
Looking for Signs of Photosynthesis
Pests, Pesticides, and the Environment Activity
Tolkien's Middle-earth Unit 6: Treebeard's Lament
Plant Products
Plants of the Rain Forest Rubric
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
Animal Apartments
What Is Wildlife Conservation?
What Is Balance in an Ecosystem?
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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