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Interactive
Curated OER

Earth Day Acrostic Poetry

For Students 2nd - 5th
In this online interactive language arts worksheet, students write an acrostic poem regarding Earth Day using the letters EARTH DAY. This worksheet may also be printed for use in classrooms.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Earth Day Secret Word Worksheet

For Students K - 3rd
In this Earth Day worksheet, students color the letters below to spell the secret word. Students read the clue at the bottom and spell out Earth.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Earth Day Activity

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Earth Day worksheet, learners look at pictures of planets and moons, circle the earth and place an X over other moons and planets. Students then practice writing the word "Earth" on lines provided.
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Writing
Starfall

Every Day is Earth Day

For Students K - 2nd
For this environment worksheet, students read a poem called "Every Day is Earth Day." Students also write about how they can help on Earth Day.
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Interactive
Curated OER

Earth Day Activity: I Should, I Should Not

For Students 2nd - 3rd
In this Earth Day should/should not activity, students complete sentences about earth day, billing in blanks with either "I should" or "I should not, then use a word bank to write 5 sentences about a picture of children picking up trash.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Earth Day Crossword

For Students 3rd - 4th
In this Earth Day crossword worksheet, students read definitions and descriptions and use the word bank to help them complete the crossword puzzle. Students write 9 answers.
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

The Joy of a Garden-Earth Day

For Teachers K - 3rd
Learners explore the purpose of a garden. In this Earth Day lesson, students read the story The Gardener and complete a Venn diagram comparing life in a city to farm life. Learners discuss Earth Day and plant flowers in a garden .
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Making the World A More Beautiful Place: Earth Day

For Teachers K
Students study ways to take care of the environment as part of an Earth Day activity. In this environment lesson, student listen to a read aloud of Barbara Cooney's, Miss Rumphius, before discussing how she works alone but is part of an...
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Hummingbird Nests

For Teachers K - 6th
Now here's a hands-on activity that little ones are sure to love. Using melted chocolate, coconut, and jelly beans they'll be able to shape tiny nests perfect for tiny birds. Kids love getting their hands dirty and the tactile experience...
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Illustrative Mathematics

Tilt of Earth's Axis and the Four Seasons

For Teachers 9th - 11th Standards
Geometry meets earth science as high schoolers investigate the cause and features of the four seasons. The effects of Earth's axis tilt features prominently, along with both the rotation of the earth about the axis and its orbit about...
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North Carolina Museum of Natural Sciences

Weather Watch Activity Guide: Groundhog Day

For Teachers K - 8th Standards
Exactly what do groundhogs know about weather? Not as much as your science students will after completing these lessons and activities that cover everything from the earth's rotation and the creation of shadows, to cloud...
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Activity
PBS

Adventures With The Fish Pond: Population Modeling

For Teachers 7th - 9th Standards
Build up from the previous activity where your learners charted the population growth and decay of a fish pond with M&Ms®. Have them look at the data from that activity and create a Now-Next, or recursive equations, to predict the...
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Lesson Plan
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Pollution Solutions: Earth Day

For Teachers 8th
Eighth graders explore water pollution. For this stewardship lesson, 8th graders draw comparisons between potable and impaired waters. Students use the Learning Link website to examine ways people are fighting pollution and then design...
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Lesson Plan
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Water--Where Has It Gone?: Earth Day

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Students explore the concept of philanthropy. In this environmental stewardship lesson, students consider the plight of water as they consider water use and distribution. Students listen to an excerpt from The Well and consider...
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Activity
Seussville

What Can Your Class Do?

For Teachers K - 6th Standards
Inspire scholars to do their part for planet Earth with a read-aloud of Dr. Seuss's The Lorax, and variety of activities designed to boost the environmental activist in us all. Activities include writing poems about the Earth, sorting...
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PPT
Curated OER

Day and Night

For Teachers 3rd - 4th
Inform your elementary scientists why we experience day and night. They are provided with facts and explanation as to why the day and night cycle occur, discuss what they've learned with a partner, and are then given the task of writing...
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Worksheet
Curated OER

What Makes Day and Night?

For Students 4th - 5th
In this What Makes Day and Night activity, students explain what makes day and night by looking at pictures of the earth and sun and reading 11 related words. Students also write interview questions for a scientist and investigate day...
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Worksheet
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Day and Night

For Students 3rd - 4th
Expand your third graders' universe with a science activity about Earth's rotation. They read a short explanation about the direction of sunlight, then draw an arrow to indicate which way the sun is pointed at an illustration of the...
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Lesson Plan
Curated OER

Reading and Writing about the Solar System

For Teachers K - 2nd
A superb interdisciplinary approach highlights this lesson which incorporates space science knowledge and narrative skills. After reading The Magic School Bus, two excellent poems, and watching a video, all about our solar system, young...
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Scholastic

Lesson One: The Earth, Background and Glossary

For Teachers 6th - 8th Standards
How much do you really know about our planet? Middle schoolers build up their prior knowledge about Earth, its placement in the solar system, its composition, and important geological vocabulary with an introductory earth science lesson.
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Curated OER

Don't Let the Earth Down

For Teachers 5th - 12th
Writing a persuasive argument starts with a clear thesis. Using this resource, your class will write a persuasive paper on a conservation issue. They will then transform their argument into a 30-second public service announcement. If...
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Lesson Planet Article
Curated OER

Earth Day Lessons With The Right Stuff

For Teachers 2nd - 12th
Earth Day lessons provide a great way to teach students about the significance of the event, and how they can make a difference.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Earth Day picture

For Students K - 2nd
In this Earth Day worksheet, learners color a picture of an Earth with a banner on it and trace and write the words 'Keep Earth Green'. Students color, trace, and write the words one time each.
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Worksheet
Curated OER

Earth: Mini Book/KWL graphic organizer

For Students 1st
In this Earth mini book worksheet, 1st graders will fold their paper to make a KWL mini book. Students will then write a sentence or two about what they know, want to know and learned about Earth.

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