Earth Day Craft
A craft/flip-book activity teaching the 3 R's (reduce, reuse, recycle) and Earth Day facts for grades 2-5.
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A craft/flip-book activity teaching the 3 R's (reduce, reuse, recycle) and Earth Day facts for grades 2-5.
Project-based learning (PBL) resource for Earth Day, in which students research a topic related to planetary preservation and health (animals, pollution, physical geography, or fuel)
A collection of 8 Earth Day activities teaching the history of Earth Day, recycling, and animal/nature conservation through trivia, crafts, and a sorting game.
Provide an Earth Day themed hat/crown craft for classroom celebration and environmental awareness.
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A no-prep Earth Day-themed bingo game to reinforce environmental/Earth-Day vocabulary.
An Earth Day activity package combining an environmental-vocabulary word search, a reflective writing/illustration activity for a classroom quilt display, and a math counting activity about reforestation.
Looking for a hands-on (literally) way to celebrate Earth Day with your students? The Earth Day Hand Print Activity is a simple, sweet project that lets kids get a little messy while making something meaningful. With just some paint and enthusiasm, little hands turn into beautiful Earth-themed art, and let’s be honest, it doesn’t get…
A 45-minute lesson plan teaching elementary students about Earth Day: its history, environmental challenges, and the Three R's (reduce, reuse, recycle).
A fine-motor dot-painting (e.g. q-tip/bingo-dauber style) art activity built around an Earth Day / recycling theme.
Forever June Digital Design If you're a classroom teacher looking for un Earth Day activities for all students, or a homeschool teacher looking for unique Earth Day Resources or a parent of children who would benefit from creative ways to teach about this holiday, my series of Earth Day Worksheets are a fun and useful tool to have on…
Provide Earth Day-themed coloring pages for a relaxing, creative activity connected to environmental awareness.
Digital PowerPoint design-board activity where students digitally assemble a Earth Day recyclable-materials house image and then write a descriptive paragraph about it.
Looking for a fun way to celebrate Earth Day without turning your classroom into a recycling center explosion? Say hello to the Earth Day Crown Craft , the low-prep, high-fun activity that turns your students into eco-friendly royalty! With this easy-peasy craft, students color, cut, and assemble their very own Earth Day crowns. Whether…
Earth Day riddles invite students to identify environmental topics from rhyming clues. Each riddle speaks in the first person and asks the reader to work out what is being described. Use the 28 riddles for partner discussion or a whole-class guessing activity, then refer to the numbered solutions to check responses.
Fine-motor 'Do A Dot' Q-tip painting practice using Earth Day themed images (garbage can, recycling sign, garbage truck, earth, forest)
Earth Day Pledge Coloured: An Engaging Teaching Resource Earth Day Pledge Coloured is a unique tool to help students commemorate Earth Day artistically and meaningfully. The interactive activity , covering Art & Music This pledge is non-coloured, thus becoming a blank canvas for your students' artistic expressions. "I pledge to do my…
Have upper elementary students explore human impact on the environment and Earth Day themes through decorate-and-reflect posters, then create an interactive Earth Day classroom bulletin board.
A discussion/decision-making game presenting paired Earth-Day-themed choices to spark classroom conversation.
A themed bingo game used to reinforce recognition of Earth Day/environmental vocabulary words and pictures.
A bulletin-board-and-activity kit for teaching students to appreciate the Earth, recycling, and environmental care around Earth Day (April 22).
Develop creative and sequential writing skills through an Earth-Day/plant-themed writing activity.
This resource is an interactive game for the history of Earth Day. Students will work to plant a tree for Earth Day by reading short passages and then answering questions.
A no-prep, differentiated Earth Day packet for grades 1-5 teaching the history of pollution/Earth Day and the four R's (reduce, reuse, reclaim, recycle).