Let’s teach our students about planet Earth and the different ways in which we can help protect our home. Engage your elementary students with these easy Earth Day activities and worksheets. These 10 free Earth Day activities for students will generate meaningful discussions about our planet, engage students in hands-on practice, and encourage creativity into finding solutions for creating a cleaner and healthier planet. I’ve complied a list of Earth Day projects, crafts, writing prompts, reading comprehension passages, and STEM activities.
Earth Day Comprehension Activities
Teach your students the importance of taking care of our planet with these comprehension passages & activities! Includes both printable and digital versions for 3rd-5th grade students.
PS: Check out my favorite Earth Day Readalouds here!
10 Free Earth Day Activities & Printables for Students
1. Earth Booklet & Plant Sequencing Cards– Free Earth Day Activity by Alleah Maree
This free Earth Day preschool and kindergarten activity booklet will help your younger students learn about plants, how they grow, and the Earth!
2. Trash to Treasure Digital Slides Project by Sweet Tooth Teaching
Google Slides Earth Day STEM Project to help students understand the importance of reusing and recycling! Students will create an item using recycled/reusable materials found around their home. This is a DIGITAL resource which allows students to type in the text boxes and add photos. (Can be used on Google Slides or PowerPoint.)
3. Earth Day Fact or Opinion by Lucky Little Learners
Learn all about our planet earth with this free Earth Day worksheet to sort true/false facts about our planet.
4. Earth Day Necklace by The Crafty Classroom
A cute Earth Day craft for preschool or kindergarten! Students will have fun putting together all of their pieces to create an Earth Day necklace. Send your students home with an important message to share with their parents!
5. Happy Earth Vs. Sad Earth Sorting by Tot Schooling
The perfect Earth Day kindergarten activity for small groups! Students will review important ways in which we can help protect our planet. Then, they’ll sort ‘good’ and ‘bad’ conservation choices.
6. Earth Day Vocabulary Posters by Pocket of Preschool
Display these Earth Day vocabulary word posters all week long for reference! Students can use the words to create sentences, write informational text, or as reference when reading about Earth Day.
7. Earth Day Worksheet-Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Sort by Stories by Storie
With this Earth Day worksheet, students will sort out different scenarios based on the three R’s– reduce, reuse, and recycle.
8. Earth Day Printable Reader by A Dab of Glue Will Do
Help your kindergarten and first grade students learn more about Earth Day with this printable nonfiction booklet.
9. Earth Day Hat Craft with Recycling Activity by Smitten with First
This cut and paste activity for students on reducing, reusing, and recycling is turned into an adorable Earth Day craft that students can take home!
10. Free Earth Day Writing Activities & Craft by Sweet Tooth Teaching
Free Earth Day activity and writing prompt will help your students transfer everything they’ve learned onto paper! This freebie also includes Earth craft to attach to their writing piece.
Free Earth Day Writing Template
This free printable Earth Day writing activity also includes a craft that can be used as an Earth Day display!
I hope that you and your students enjoy these ten free Earth Day resources!
Check out my favorite Earth Day Picture Books here!
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