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| Report Planner: Earth Day |
A great tool for organizing reports. Answer the targeted questions to help organize thoughts for a report on Earth Day. Includes a KWL and paper for writing a report. |
| Acrostic Form: Earth Day |
Write about Earth Day using this acrostic form. |
| Bar Graph: Earth Day |
Use this simple bar graph to determine how many trash items (categorized by type) were picked up. |
| Comprehension: Earth Day (elem/upper elem) |
"Do your part!" A story of things children can do in order to participate in Earth Day. Does not include questions. |
| Crossword: Earth Day |
3. Across: ______ Day is a day to remember to protect our earth. |
| Poetry Prompt (Diamonte): Recycle |
Use the poem form for your diamonte poem related to recycling and Earth Day. |
| Sign: Earth Day |
In color, with Earth illustration. |
| Unscramble the Words: Earth Day |
from "landfill" to "reduce" |
| Venn Diagram: Earth Day |
Use this Earth Day-related Venn diagram to compare things related to Earth Day and the environment. |
| Venn Diagram: Earth Day |
Use this Venn to compare various Earth Day issues. Suggestions included. |
| Venn Diagram: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle |
Use this three-part Venn diagram to compare the concepts of REDUCE, REUSE, and RECYCLE. |
| Venn Diagram: Recycling (three-part) |
Use this Venn diagram to compare items that can be recycled. |
| Word Search: Earth Day |
From "hazardous" to "recycling bin". |
| Word Search: Earth Day (2) |
From "bin" to "reuse". Primary. |
| Writing Paper: Earth Day (upper elementary) |
Two pages of lined paper with illustrations of recycling and the earth in the left-hand border, and at the top, respectively. Use for reports,poem, or stories. Great for final drafts. |
| Writing Prompt: Earth Day (elementary) |
"Write about ways you can help." Lined paper with an Earth Day illustration at the top and a writing prompt. |
| Writing Prompt: Earth Day Similes (elem/upper elem) |
"The recycling bin was as full as..." Develop writing skills and imagination with these simile prompts for elementary/ upper elementary students. |
| Writing Prompt: Earth Day Similes (primary) |
"Recycling is as easy as..." Help develop writing skills and imagination with these simile prompts for primary students. |
| Bookmarks: Earth Day Theme (B/W) |
Four b/w bookmarks with Earth Day-themed slogans ("Earth Day Every Day" etc.) |
| Bookmarks: Earth Day Theme (color) |
Four full-color bookmarks with Earth Day-themed slogans ("Earth Day Every Day" etc.) |
| Bookmarks: Earth Day - Cute Earth (B/W) |
Four cute b/w bookmarks with Earth Day-themed slogans ("Love Our Earth" etc.) |
| Bookmarks: Earth Day - Cute Conservation (color) |
Four cute full-color bookmarks with Earth Day-themed slogans ("Earth Day Recycle" etc.) |
| Bookmarks: Earth Day - Cute Conservation (B/W) |
Four cute bookmarks with Earth Day-themed slogans ("Earth Day Recycle" etc.) |
| Bookmarks: Earth Day - Cute Earth (color) |
Four cute colorful bookmarks with Earth Day-themed slogans ("Love Our Earth" etc.) |
| Bookmarks: Earth Day - Conservation (color) |
Four colorful bookmarks with Earth Day-themed slogans ("save our resources" etc.) |
| Desk Tag: Clean Water (foldable) |
Foldable desk tag with a picture of a diver scooping garbage out of the water. |
| Desk Tag: Keep It Clean (foldable) |
A space shuttle arm scrubs Earth from a distance, with the words "Keep It Clean" blasting off from the student name. |
| Desk Tag: Recycle (foldable) |
Picture of a man dropping garbage into a special chute, with a flower in a flower pot coming out the other end. With the words "Recycle" and "Plant a flower". |
| Desk Tag: Earth in Bloom |
Desk tags with Earth surrounded with flowers. |
| Desk Tag: Keep It Cool |
Picture of a hot Earth, with a thermometer in its mouth. |
| Desk Tag: Save a Tree |
With a picture of a contented tree and the words Save A Tree above the student name. |
| Maze: Polar Bear on Ice (easy) |
Help the polar bear get to the ice cap. |
| Maze: Recycle (hard) |
Help the cat shoot the arrow with paper through the maze and into the recycling bin. |
| Maze: Recycle (easy) |
Help the woman dump the garbage through the maze and into the recycling factory. |
| Coloring Page: "Keep It Clean" |
Picture of a man sweeping next to a recycling bin. |
| Bingo Cards: Recycling theme |
Set of twenty bingo cards with pictures related to the theme of recycling. Each picture is something that can be recycled. |
| Flashcards: Recycling theme |
Each picture is something that can be recycled. These flashcards match our bingo cards. |
| Bingo Cards: Recycling theme (check sheet) |
Use this sheet to check which recycling theme words have been called. |
| Word Problems: Environment (elem/upper elem) |
"It takes 55% less water to make recycled paper than normal paper... How much water would the same factory use to make the same amount of normal paper?" Five word problems with an environmental theme. |
| Word Problems: Going Green (elem/upper elem) |
"We know that, on average, each tree absorbs from 13 to 48 pounds of carbon dioxide per year. We have planted 15 trees. How much carbon dioxide absorption will the trees we’ve already planted enable in the next 50 years?" Five math problems with an environmental theme. |
| Sign: Think Green - Be kind to our Earth! |
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| Sign: Think Green - Be kind to our Earth! (b/w) |
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| Sign: Think Green - Don't Litter |
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| Sign: Think Green - Don't Litter (b/w) |
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| Sign: Think Green - Earth Day |
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| Sign: Think Green - Earth Day (b/w) |
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| Sign: Think Green - Earth Day (cute) |
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| Sign: Think Green - Earth Day (cute) b/w |
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| Sign: Think Green - Global Warming (b/w) |
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| Sign: Think Green - Keep Me Clean! |
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| Sign: Think Green - Keep Me Clean! (cute) |
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| Sign: Think Green - Keep Me Clean! (cute) b/w |
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| Brainstorm: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle |
This worksheet introduces the concept of "reduce, reuse, recycle". Students then brainstorm household items and decide in which category to place the items. |
| Coloring Worksheet: Natural Resource - Soil |
Color the picture. Label the natural resource. On the lines below the picture, list some products for which this resource is used. |
| Comprehension: Earth Day (primary/elem) |
A very simple introduction to Earth Day. |
| Comprehension: Earth Day (upper elem/ middle) |
Fact-filled reading comprehension presents the purpose of Earth Day, the problems facing the Earth, and some actions students can take to prevent those problems. |
| Activity: Natural Resources (elem) |
This activity is designed to reinforce the relationship between natural resources, their uses, and the goods that are produced from them. |
| Collage Art Project: Natural Resource theme (primary/elem) |
Directions for making an art collage with a natural resources theme. |
| Art Project: Natural Resource Wallhanging (primary/elem) |
Directions for making a natural resources themed wall hanging. |
| Book: Just a Dream (elem/upper elem) |
Rather than focusing on text, this lesson addresses Chris Van Allsburg's use of light and shadow to tell a dystopian fairy tale... but it was surely just a dream. This is a great art appreciation lesson. |
| Book: Mighty Tree (primary) |
Open-ended comprehension questions and prompts to go with Dick Gackenbach's tale of three trees: one used for material, one a Christmas tree, and one left in the forest. A great Earth Day tie-in. |
| Book: Something from Nothing (primary) |
Reviews Phoebe Gilman's retelling of this Jewish folktale, with questions tying the story moral to the three Rs: reduce, reuse, recycle. |
| Booklet: Natural Resources (primary/elem) |
Each page of this booklet lists a natural resource, gives examples of how it is used in our daily life, and classifies it as renewable or non-renewable. These pages could also be used as informative posters. |
| Brainstorm: Earth Day |
Help students get ready for Earth Day by encouraging brainstorming about ways to protect Earth. |
| Early Reader: Don't Litter |
This easy reader booklet is great for Earth Day or any time. |
| Early Reader: Earth Day |
A great little booklet to teach about recycling with blackline graphics to color. |
| Large Poster: Natural Resources (b/w) |
This poster shows natural resources categorized as renewable, non-renewable, and cultivated. |
| Large Poster: Natural Resources (color) |
This poster shows natural resources categorized as renewable, non-renewable, and cultivated. |
| Worksheet: Matching - Natural Resources (primary/elem) |
Match the natural resources to their products. |
| Maze: Earth Day 1 (easier) |
Put the can into the recycling bin. |
| Maze: Earth Day 4 (harder) |
Put the trash into the can. |
| Posters: Natural Resources (b/w) |
These three smaller posters show natural resources categorized as renewable, non-renewable, and cultivated. |
| Posters: Natural Resources (color) |
These three smaller colorful posters show natural resources categorized as renewable, non-renewable, and cultivated. |
| Research & Report: Alternative Energy (upper elem/middle) |
Guided prompts for a report on an alternative renewable energy source. |
| Shapebook: Earth Day |
[member-created with abctools] Trace and cut out. This globe-shaped shapebook presents Earth Day-related vocabulary for early readers. |
| Word Search: Don't Litter! |
From "litter" to "world". |
| Word Search: Reduce, Reuse... |
[member-created with abctools] Conservation-themed words in a tree shape. |
| Word Wall: Earth Day /Recycling (pictures) |
From "Earth Day" to "recycle bin". These vocabulary building word strips with pictures are great for word walls, sentence strips, spelling and vocabulary practice. |
| Worksheet: Conserve Natural Resources (elem/upper elem) |
Here is a list of common classroom needs. Below each item are two choices for how to meet the need. Circle the choice that would be the best way to conserve natural resources. |
| Worksheet: Natural Resources (elem/upper elem) |
Identify each natural resource in the table as renewable or non-renewable. Sort the listed products according to the resource used to make them. |
| Worksheet: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle |
Introduce students to the "Three Rs" of Earth Day in a clear, simple lesson with easily understood examples and a sorting exercise. |
| Worksheet: Renewable Resources (upper elem) |
Write in the blank next to each resource whether it is RENEWABLE or NON-RENEWABLE. |
| Worksheet: Sorting Natural Resources (primary/elem) |
Cut out the pictures. Sort and glue them on the following pages by renewable and non-renewable. |
| Writing Prompt: Earth Day |
Help students direct and organize their Earth Day research with these factual essay questions. |
| PowerPoint Presentation: Earth Day, Every Day (elem/upper elem) |
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