In this environmental awareness worksheet, students become aware of home energy conservation and recycling. Students answer 10 short essay questions about the energy used in daily life.

Students discover that composting helps reduce landfill waste and is good for the soil. They explore the techniques of composting through a variety of media, art activities and hands-on experience.

If you are looking for how to introduce elementary environmentalists to the process of composting, here is a comprehensive outline for making it happen. The plan is to set this up at the beginning of a school year in order to observe the...

Students demonstrate responsible consumer choices. In this social studies instructional activity, students read The Lorax and discuss wants and needs. Students discuss how to save natural resources by making informed consumer choices.

For this researching the nutrient cycle worksheet, students read about the cycle of nutrients, look at the diagram, then answer two questions by doing research on this topic.

In this composting worksheet, students read an informative paragraph about composting and then respond to 7 short answer questions regarding the topic.

Students analyze components of garbage. They collect and sort a few days' worth of garbage. They chart the results of an investigation.

Students discuss background information presented by the teacher and read dictionary definitions for the words "organic" and "synthetic." In this gardengin lesson, students complete a worksheet on the material. Students grow and compare...

Students explore the process of converting organic waste into usable fertilizer. They observe how living and nonliving things interact with one another by making a mini-worm habitat.

Middle schoolers explore how certain foods come to be certified "organic." They write the words "organic" and "synthetic" and given the definitions of each. Students are given dictionaries. They are asked: "What is organic food?" Middle...

Students analyze Earth science by answering environmental study questions. In this Earth Day lesson, students read the book The Lorax and identify the themes within it. Students define several recycling vocabulary terms and create an...

Students explore the environment by researching insects. For this earthworm lesson, students utilize soil and plexiglass to build a see through wormery in which students can observe the worms at work. Students identify the benefits of...

Young scholars identify the various natural resources used to produce common items; to explain how people use science and technology to produce those items.

Students apply cause and effect relationships to water pollution in a stream. In this pollution lesson students recognize the importance of clean water in their daily lives. Students accompany "Fred the Fish" as he travels down stream....

Students sort a variety of trash items and determine thier sorting decisions.

In this bug survey worksheet, students fill in squares on a graphic organizer with information about flowers currently blooming, hiding places for "good bugs," and any bugs they have seen that are helpful for pollination, as food for...

Learners study product packaging and determine if it is excessive and if it is recyclable.  In this packaging instructional activity students examine and identify waste reduction techniques. 

Students explain the implications of particle theory of The Law of Conservation of Matter for problems of pollution and waste disposal. They describe, in terms of atoms and molecules, what happens to materials when they are dissolved or...

Students read about the importance of packaging foods and related items properly and reducing waste. For this packaging lesson, students read the background information about packaging and bring a variety of packaging materials to class....

Students investigate landfills. In this edible landfill lesson, students replicate the structure sanitary landfills as they use the listed foods to build a model.

Students build an organic waste methane generator and learn by running a scientific experiment to see what happens when people alter nature's way of recycling.

Students identify the sources of pollution and waste in their community. They examine the process of recycling and how to eliminate some of their family waste.

In this school energy worksheet, students read the questions about school's energy sources, the way school's can recycle, and how energy can be wasted or saved in schools.

How can you provide healthy soil for your garden? Study worms, bacteria, and other microorganisms in a lesson about decomposition and organic compost. After discussing what you know about worms and watching a video, watch what worms do...