Lesson plans provide creative ideas for creating storyboards that pertain to Earth Day.

Kids learn about Earth Day. History and fun facts about this holiday that celebrates nature.

In this lesson plan from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org), Earth Day will be explored. This lesson plan is one from the "Take Pride Statewide" series. *This lesson plan is provided by Lana Holmes.

The children will compare two texts: The Little House by Virginia Lee Burton and Farewell to Shady Glade by Bill Peet, about an old house and an animal's home respectively, using a Venn Diagram. They should be guided to address the...

Explore averages and rates of change and apply to calculate the cumulative effect of garbage thrown out by people over time. Use population data from the U.S. Bureau of Census to estimate how much garbage your county threw away during...

Battery Facts provides helpful information about the benefits of batteries, how they work, and the concerns over the footprint they leave on the environment when they are not properly disposed of.

Biodiversity is a term used to describe the variety of life found on Earth. You can help create habitats and promote biodiversity by creating seed balls! These balls can be thrown, placed or planted in any urban space that needs greening.

Earth's revolution, rotation, tilt, day and night cycle, and the sun's apparent movement across the earth are explored.

We throw away so many things on a daily basis. Why not find creative ways to recycle and reuse them? 45 ways you can make different items by using recycled materials are provided here.

Learn here how to conserve water by taking a shorter shower! By being mindful of how long we keep the shower running, we can help save a lot of water and energy.

Learn your part in keeping unused items out of landfills by organizing a yard sale. By exchanging or donating your old stuff you can save money and reduce the amount of waste that goes into landfills!

Each year, people throw out millions of tons of food that could still be eaten. That is a lot of food! Even when we compost food waste there are still some negative impacts. Resources like water and energy are used to grow and transport...

This kinesthetic activity demonstrates to students that the Earth's tilt is what is responsible for shifting light patterns and the change in seasons.

In this lesson from "The Friends of Auntie Litter", (www.auntielitter.org)in celebration of Earth Day, the meaning of Earth Day will be explored. Learners will also learn the words to a song honoring our planet. This lesson is one from...

Biographical information about Gaylord Anton Nelson, the founder of Earth Day. [4:51]

Misconceptions about the causes of seasons and day and night are common through all ages. Use the information on this site to help your students understand these concepts. Included are links to many resources and lesson plans for...

Plenty of cool activities about the Earth's rotation can be found here, such as tracing shadows, observing shadows during different times of the day, and tracking the sun's path in the sky to understand the rotation of the earth.

Winter solstice, earliest sunset, latest sunrise. It seems that, in the Northern Hemisphere anyway, these three events should happen on the same day. Read this explanation of the changing of the seasons and learn why the winter solstice...

Explains how the rotation and the axial tilt of the Earth are responsible for the phenomenon of day and night. Provides information about the Sun, the solar system, and the Earth, and how the circumference of the Earth was first measured...

Why does the Moon always shows the same face to the Earth? Why is the Moon's rotation period the same as the length of time it takes to orbit the Earth? Why are there two tides a day? These questions and more are answered here.

Taken by Voyager 1 as it passed Jupiter in 1979, this image shows the Great Red Spot, which is a hurricane-like storm that has lasted over 300 years, and is more than three times the size of planet Earth.

During this lesson students are going to take a look at moon phases and sunrise-sunset times in order to learn about daylight hours. Students discover that we do not always have the same amount of daylight each day. This lesson is best...

Choose from dozens of simple crafts including activities for the holidays, animal crafts and much more.

What objects are in the day sky and the night sky? How do they seem to move? Come and explore with us as we discover the sun, moon, planets and stars! This detailed lesson plan includes pictures and videos of the lesson in action,...