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Earth Day

 

 

 

 

Earth Day Interactive Activities

Earth Day Puzzles
Three different puzzles, all with an Earth Day theme, test and improve students' vocabulary knowledge and usage.

Earth Day Activities
Online games which support environmental awareness: clean up the beach, learn about animal habitats, classify animals in their correct families, map a region of biodiversity, explore rainforest plants and many more.

Garbage
If you're an American, you contribute about four pounds of trash per day--and all together we are creating a large trash problem. Explore this online interactive exhibit on garbage with your students, learn about hazardous waste, global efforts of renewal and waste reduction, and possible solutions to sewage treatment problems.

Activities to Celebrate Earth Day

A Week of Earth Day Activities

Earth Day from the Wilderness Society

Recycling Kits
Download these printable signs and colorful posters for your class to cut and assemble. They will help your students to develop an awareness of how they can help to conserve and recycle Earth's resources

Trees are Terrific
Early elementary students will learn all about the parts, functions, and requirements of trees in this online, interactive learning adventure. A Teacher's Guide is also included, along with further activities to extend the learning opportunity and to apply the new knowledge to Arbor Day or Earth Day practices.

Garbage
Each year more and more waste is generated by an ever-growing American population. How are our landfills and communities handling all this garbage? Take an online interactive tour through the Annenberg exhibit "Garbage" and learn how we handle waste, what the issues are, and what communities are doing to improve their environmental records.

Make a Terrarium

Greenhouse Effect in a Jar

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butterfly.gif (252 bytes)Free the Beach

Animal Homes

 

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