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abcteach

Abcteach: Earth Day Activities

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] How can you treat the earth with more respect? Check out this resource featuring links to elementary activities to celebrate Earth Day. You will find word searches, crossword puzzles, reading...
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PBS

Pbs Newshour Extra: What Does Earth Day Mean Today?

For Students 9th - 10th
This article explains what Earth Day is and why it was founded. It also presents criticisms of the holiday. Includes suggestions for things we can all do to take care of the Earth.
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Teachnology

Teachnology: Earth Day Teaching Theme

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
Teachers in search of extra resources to help educate students on Earth Day will find an abundance of worksheets, lesson plans, activities and much more from Teachnology.
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Earth Day Network

For Students 9th - 10th
The official online home of Earth Day offers many resources regarding environmental education. Includes the latest news on environmental advocacy and how to take part in Earth Day each year.
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US Environmental Protection Agency

Epa: Earth Day, April 22

For Students Pre-K - 1st
Save the world one step at a time. A fantastic tribute to Earth Day events and what students, teachers and parents can do to make a difference by going green. Learn about the various activities across the country and discover how you can...
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K 3 Learning pages.com: Earth Day Links

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
How can you celebrate Earth Day in your classroom? This collection features several downloadable Earth Day worksheets including word searches and coloring pages. Students and teachers can plan the perfect way to recognize the environment.
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Planet Pals

Planet Pals: Earth Day

For Students 9th - 10th
This PlanetPals.com site provides the "Greatest Earth Day Pages Ever!" Includes activities, teaching aides, earth science and history, and more.
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Envirolink: Earth Day

For Students 9th - 10th
A concise site that gives the students the opportunity to learn all about how Earth Day was started.
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Vocabulary University

My vocabulary.com: Earth Day

For Students 9th - 10th Standards
This page has a variety of vocabulary puzzles and activities using 44 vocabulary words pertaining to Earth Day. It also provides an extensive Vocabulary Word List for Earth Day (607 words) and a list of Earth Day song titles.
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Better Planet Productions

Earth Care: The Happy Earth Day Activities Book [Pdf]

For Students Pre-K - 1st
A colouring and activity book about Earth Day and things everyone can do to help the earth.
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ABCya

Ab Cya: Earth Day Word Search

For Students 3rd - 6th
Earth Day Word Search is a fun holiday activity for children. Kids learn and practice Earth Day vocabulary by searching for the words in the puzzle. Puzzles can be played interactively on the computer or printed out.
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Think Green: Earth Day Project Ideas: Grades 6 8 [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Give your middle schoolers the tools to live and think green with these fun educational projects and art activities. Projects are useful for helping students learn to make good environmental decisions. [PDF]
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ClassFlow

Class Flow: Earth Day

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
[Free Registration/Login Required] This flipchart covers significance and importance of Earth Day. Activities relate to the 3 R's, cleaning up trash, planting trees, conservation of energy and electricity, an acrostic poem, and Earth Day...
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Earth's Birthday Project: Educating About the Earth

For Teachers Pre-K - 1st
This site is loaded with science activities for elementary students. There are role plays, recipes, dances, writing exercises and craft ideas. You can also raise you own luna moths, praying mantids, ladybugs or carnivorous plants. Lots...
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Investigating Rotation: Why Is There Day and Night?

For Teachers 3rd - 5th
In this rotation activity, students investigate what causes day and night by participating in a classroom activity. Students will observe, question, and investigate how the relationship between the earth and sun causes day and night.
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BBC

Bbc Schools: Ks2 Bitesize: Science: Physical Processes: Earth, Sun, and Moon

For Students 3rd - 5th
Help Sarah Jane and her team put the solar system's planets back in order. Following the activity, read more about the sun, the Earth, and its moon, and then take a quick quiz to check for understanding.
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Siemens Science Day: Earth Science: Let's Get Carried Away!

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This hands-on science activity allows students to use a stream table to learn about the processes of erosion and stream-bed formation. Students will understand the effect of water speed on erosion rate and stream formation.
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Google

Cs Education at Google: Cs First: Create Your Own Google Logo

For Teachers 4th - 9th
A set of three activities where students learn how to use the programming language Scratch to create Google logos, including ones for Valentine's Day and one for Earth Day.
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Texas Commission on Environmental Quality

Tceq: Lesson Plans & Resources for Teaching Environmental Sciences [Pdf]

For Teachers K - 1st
A large collection of lesson plans on environmental topics. The lessons are broken up into the broad categories of air, water, and waste, and look at issues around quality, pollution, conservation, and recycling. There are activities for...
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Earth Day Canada: Eco Kids: Get Outside

For Students Pre-K - 1st
This interactive site allows you to click on different areas of a landscape for great ways to connect with nature in your neighborhood. Learn about building tents, fairy houses, a herbarium and puddles!
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Siemens Stem Day: Life Science: The Time of Our Life [Pdf]

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Young scholars will learn about ancient organisms as they create a timeline showing when they appeared on Earth.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Geologic Maps and Groundwater

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is designed to give students practice using a geologic map to understand how water shapes the land- and is stored within the land- in part of the Grand Canyon.
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American Geosciences Institute

American Geosciences Institute: Earth Science Week: Geologic Maps & Earthquakes

For Teachers 9th - 10th
This activity is designed to give students practice using a geologic map to assess the likelihood and location of a particular natural hazard- earthquakes- in California.
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Science Education Resource Center at Carleton College

Serc: Mn Step: The Earth and Sky in a 24 Hour Day

For Teachers K - 1st
An activity where students learn, through modeling and demonstration, about the relative sizes of the Earth and Sun, the distance between them, and how the Earth rotates in a 24-hour period.

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