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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
Save Our Environment Printable Book (K-12)
Fossil Layers
Pollution Vocabulary
Plant Crossword Puzzle
The "Three Rs": Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle
More Popular Earth Day Printables
Printables for Grades 6-12
Renewable and Non-renewable Energy
Plant Graph
Reusing & Recycling Reduces Waste: Environment Activities for the Classroom
Recycling Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom
What Are Natural Resources?
Save Our Earth! Alternative Uses for Common Trash
How Many People Does It Take to Ruin an Ecosystem?
More Popular Earth Day Printables
Lesson Plans
Recycled Art
Build a Volcano
Flower and Leaf Press
Plants of the Rain Forest
Weather Station
Investigating Air
Mystery of the Malformed Frogs Lesson Plan
More Earth Day Lesson Plans
Quizzes
Eclipse Quiz Answer Sheet
Eclipse Quiz
Math Activities for Earth Day
How Can You Make a Thermometer?
Money-Saving Tips for Teachers
Our Growing Planet
Buy Nothing Day
Recycling Word Problems
References
Global Warming: A Glossary of Terms
The Effects of Global Warming on Sea Level
The Uncertainties of Global Warming
National Monuments in the U.S.
Major Air Pollutants
World Heritage Sites in the United States
Photosynthesis
More Popular Earth Day References
Earth Day Art Activities
Recycled Art Projects Slideshow
What's the Solution to Ocean Pollution?
Collecting Cans
Recycled Art Reflection Questionnaire
Children of Native America Today Activities
Coloring Packet: Reusing an Old Jar
Recycling Craft Project: Make a Birdhouse
More Earth Day Art Activities
History Activities for Earth Day
National Scenic Trails
Earth Day Activities
Reading Warm-Up 74 for Gr. 3 & 4: Current Events
Language Arts Resources for Earth Day
Ecology-Themed Bulletin Board
Seeds Word Search
There's an Owl in the Shower
Extinct, Endangered, and Threatened Animals Activity
Just a Dream Teacher's Guide
Maisy's Nature Walk Activity Kit
Recycled Poetry
More Language Arts Resources for Earth Day
Social Studies Activities for Earth Day
Glaciers: Ice That Flows
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
National Park System of the United States
More Social Studies Activities for Earth Day
Science Activities for Earth Day
What Can You Reuse and Recycle?
Gardening with Kids
Making a Wind Vane
Environment and Pollution: Matching Answers
Whirly Copter
Environment and Pollution: Matching
Mud Microbiology
More Popular Science Activities for Earth Day
Weather Activities for Earth Day
Earth Day Printables Slideshow
Earth Science Printables Slideshow
Earth Day Printable Book (K-4)
Air Quality and the Weather -- Student Worksheet
Air Quality and the Weather -- Student Section
Identifying Temperature Inversions
Visibility -- Student Section
More Popular Weather Activities for Earth Day
Recycling Resources
Classroom Activities Slideshow: Going Green
Green Classroom Practices That Save Money
Green Tips: Ten Easy Ways Kids (and their Parents) Can Help the Planet!
Recycling Facts
Identifying and Conserving Natural Resources Activity
Classifying Wastes
Products Unit: Activities on the Product Life Cycle & Use
More Popular Recycling Resources
Pollution Resources
Human Disasters: A Timeline of Earth-Altering Accidents
Green Living Quiz: Environmental Resources
Environment & Pollution: Matching Worksheet
Dr. Seuss and Resource Use
What Are Air and Water Pollution?
Six Major Air Pollutants Activity
Save Our Environment Printables Slideshow
More Popular Pollution Resources
Global Warming Resources
What Are Local Climates?
Global Warming and Global Temperature
Global Warming and Climate
Emissions and Global Warming
Make a Difference in Your School
Recycling Study Guide
Earth's Changing Surfaces Printables Slideshow
More Global Warming Teacher Resources
Natural Resources Conservation
What Are Natural Resources?
Activity: The Water Cycle
History of Earth Day
Activity: Classifying Natural Resources
What Are Our Main Energy Resources?
How Can Natural Resources Be Conserved?
Composting Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom
More Popular Activities for Natural Resources Conservation
Botany Resources for Earth Day
Understanding Chlorophyll
Experiment in Chromatography
Time to Bloom!
Looking for Signs of Photosynthesis
What Is the Carbon Cycle?
Pests, Pesticides, and the Environment Activity
"My Garden Song"
More Plants (Botany) – Teacher Resources
Animal Resources for Earth Day
Home, Sweet, Home: Animal Habitats
Animal and Insect Pictures
Animal Apartments -- Student Worksheet
Animal Apartments
What Is Balance in an Ecosystem?
What Is Wildlife Conservation?
How Many Shrimp?
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

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