Earth Day Worksheets – Taking Care of Our Planet

Six Earth Day activities combine a colouring page, short-answer questions, an action-matching page, a recycling maze, a word unscramble, and a crossword.
Grades
Grades 1–3
Pages
6
File type
PDF
Preparation
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Updated Sep 27, 2026

Subject
Life Sciences, Holidays, Holiday & Seasonal, Science
Topic
Earth Day, Earth Day Worksheets
Resource types
Worksheets
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Introduction

Whether you're celebrating Earth Day or simply learning about how to care for our planet, this 6-page printable pack is the perfect addition to engage your students in environmental awareness!

Objective:

Students will explore how they can contribute to taking care of the planet through guided writing, sorting, and creative expression.

What’s Included:

6 no-prep Earth Day activity pages

A written-response page about caring for Earth

Worksheets promoting recycling, conservation, and planet care

Grades / Ages:

Ideal for Grades 1–3

Implementation Format:

Printable PDF

Non-editable

Easy to print and use in centres, stations, or whole-class activities

Can be used for classroom, homeschool, or Earth Day events

Answer Key:

Not included

File Type:

PDF and PNG files (non-editable)

Number of Pages:

6 pages total

License:

Paid product – for personal or single-classroom use only

In the classroom

Teaching tips & learning objectives

Learning objectives

  • Identify three or more actions individuals can take to help the Earth.

  • Explain why recycling and water conservation are important.

  • Match Earth-friendly actions to their correct descriptions or pictures.

  • Decode Earth Day-related vocabulary through unscrambling and crossword puzzles.

Teaching tips

  • Use the colouring page as a warm-up activity before the short-answer questions to build engagement.

  • Pair the matching page with a class discussion generating additional Earth-friendly actions beyond the six listed.

  • Save the word-unscramble and crossword pages for a literacy centre or early-finisher activity.

Skills covered

  • Environmental stewardship reasoning — students explain in writing three ways to help the Earth and why recycling and water conservation matter.

  • Earth Day vocabulary decoding — students unscramble eleven scrambled words related to environmental care.

  • Sequential maze navigation — students trace a path avoiding litter and traffic to guide a recycling truck to the recycling centre.

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Concepts & topics

Core concepts

  • Earth Day

  • Recycling

  • Environmental stewardship

  • Conservation

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