5 earth day activities that you can use at home or at school. These easy to do challenges cover math, literacy, STEM and art.
To celebrate Earth Day in the classroom or at home, I have put together a list of activities that students will love!
Learn About Earth Day
This Earth Day information slide deck will make teaching about Earth Day so easy! Just click through each topic and read about how to live sustainably and conserve energy.
Discussion questions are included so that you can have conversations with your students about what Earth Day means to them and how they can change their habits to be more environmentally friendly.
Earth Day Loose Parts
Set up a loose parts provocation for students to create their own Earth image. You can also challenge students to find items around their homes to make their own Earth picture. They can use recycle materials, objects from nature, paper, etc.
Earth Day Class Book
You can download the free writing prompt and have students reflect on and write about how they can help the earth. They can write their answer on a piece of recycled paper, record their answer on video, type their answer, etc.
Shape Flower
Use scrap paper to cut shapes out and make a flower with them. Students can use construction paper, flyers, newspapers, etc.
Seed Bombs
If you are looking to challenge students with a STEM activity, you can have them try to make seed bombs. You can find easy instructions on how to make them here. My students loved making these last year!
Read a Book
Have students read a book about Earth Day (I made a collection on Epic! books for you to check out), and reflect on how they can take care of the Earth. Challenge them to do one thing that will help the Earth (recycle, pick up litter, plant flowers, etc.)
Digital Activties
I have a variety of different digital activities that you can do with your students to work on different skills:
- Reinforce counting skills with this Google Slides & Jamboard activity
- Try out directional coding with these Boom Cards
Need a graphic to share with families? You can download and use this image (just give credit to Creative Kindergarten when posting it):
What will you be doing with your students for Earth Day? Let me know in the comments!
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Activities like these are perfect for helping kids learn new things and would even cement their knowledge. Thanks for sharing this post, I am sure kids would love these activities!