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Free 6th grade Earth Day projects
FREEBIE Earth Day Activities
Are you looking for a fun online activity for Earth Day? Do you want to keep your students engaged and motivated to learn? Then download this FREEBIE Earth Day Activities! Your students will enjoy learning about Earth Day with any of these 35 fun activities for middle school students. This resource is a list of online activities to be used for Earth Day.This handout - either in class or virtual - contains a wide variety of activities. Something for everyone! Fully editable and interactive your s
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5th - 8th
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Air Pollution (Causes, Effects & Solutions) - Lesson, Review, Puzzle & Project
This timely educational package is designed to further your students' understanding of: How humans contribute to air pollutionThe causes and effects of climate changeEnvironmentally friendly alternative energy sources And ways they can lessen the air pollution they create. This resource includes: An engaging, two part, 40 slide PowerPoint lesson designed to encourage thinking and discussion.A review worksheet to reinforce the lesson.An Air Pollution Crossword Puzzle and key.An Alternative Energ
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4th - 6th
Stars and Constellation Workshop
EN: Create the constellation you like and project it onto the ceiling with some flashlight. I use this workshop in 5th grade but it can be easily done since 3rd grade onwards.If you download this document, you will see it is free. Please, do take a minute to rate it and help us improve! Thanks!!!! =) ES: Crea la constelación que prefieras y proyéctala en el techo con una linterna. Realizo este taller en 5º de primaria pero se puede hacer fácilmente desde 3º. Si descargas este documento, verás qu
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3rd - 6th
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Our Environment Earth Day Activities FREE
Design a hybrid car! Play an Environmental Match Game! Draw or paste pictures on a Recycle, Reduce, Reuse poster! Research animals and add the information to the animal cards!
PLEASE NOTE: This packet of activities has been updated as of March, 2016. . If you already download, I suggest you download it again. :)
These are FUN, educational and ready to print activities that cover a wide range of environmental issues!
This packet also includes great environmental and animals websites for kids
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3rd - 6th
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Unusual Recycling Project Ideas for Earth Day! Free Resource
Want a fun way to celebrate Earth Day and raise awareness of how to recycle some unusual items? We all know about recycling paper, plastic, and aluminum. Did you know things like panty hose, hair clippings, and greeting cards can be recycled? Your class can choose an item to collect in a recycling drive, promote it, help the environment, and in some cases, help a charity as well. We provide the ideas for what to collect and links to further information- how to do it is up to you! Your kids w
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4th - 9th
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Earth Day Activities
Let's help foster a love and appreciation of our Earth in our students!This Earth day product includes a project, writing prompt and reading comprehension activity. The Project is research based about the 3 R's- Reduce, Reuse and Recycle. Students will find out the importance of the 3 Rs and design and build an object with recyclable materials. The reading comprehension activity is an informative text about plastic pollution and the 6 R's. The Writing prompt is a celebration of our wonderful wo
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2nd - 6th
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Earth Day {Homework Project} FREEBIE!
Looking for a way to make Earth Day more meaningful for your students? This is a project I do with my students every April and it has become the favorite of students and staff alike!
Students use their creativity, resourcefulness, and recycled materials to create a new product that has a purpose and function. After you introduce the project in class, it becomes a homework assignment. Students complete the entire project at home and bring it in to share with the class on the due date.
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3rd - 6th
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Composting in the Classroom
Are you looking to incorporate more Environmental Education in your classroom? Keep your own living ecosystem in the classroom!
Composting is a surprisingly great start! And there's NO SMELL!
The curriculum expectations that can be linked are endless! Think: Responsibility, Respect, Self-Regulation, Stewardship, Science (Soil, Cycles, Societies, Waste), Experiments (temperatures, comparaisons), Social Studies (Community, Sustainability, Earth) + more! Great addition to Science centers, let stu
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K - 8th
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Movie-Based Lesson: Finding Nemo (Middle School Science)
This lesson gives students a structured way to tie the movie "Finding Nemo" to NGSS LS2: interactions among organisms in an ecosystem and LS4: human impact on the environment. This lesson includes: Pear Deck Interactive SlidesLearning Objectives are displayed at the beginning of the lesson.Accommodations are provided using Immersive Reader, which provides students with a text reader, auto-translation into the language of their choice, and the ability to change the font and highlighting accordin
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6th - 8th
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NGSS:
MS-LS2-2
, MS-LS2-4
, MS-ESS3-4
, MS-ESS3-3
PLANTING SEEDS
Who has not planted a seed at school or at home when they were little? Do you remember how exciting it was to see how it was growing day by day? â € â €I have created this resource to do with my class during quarantine to maintain daily contact in addition to getting additional motivation. Also, I have created an instagram and a blog and I will upload materials that I use in my classes (soon translated into English) If you use this resource show me on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/infantea
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PreK - 6th
CLIMATE CHANGE and Consumption: Create a Sustainable School
This is a terrific stand alone or within a unit on Earth, climate change, sustainability, for Earth Day, technology class, or for sub plans. Included is the activity sheet itself to first brainstorm ways to make your own school sustainable, research the top 50 green schools in the U.S. and take notes on the ideas most useful to students' own school, a list of possible ways to implement more sustainability, as well as culminating in the creation of a Minecraft city which is sustainable and with
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6th - 8th
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Recycling/Waste Management Project
Inspired by NPR's Radio Lab "Poop Train" podcast. Perfect for project-based learning. A great project for middle school or high school science classes. Students are provided a variety of "common waste" to research. They are then prompted to share what they found in multiple ways. This project can be incorporated into units of study for sustainability, environmental issues, living environment, Earth Day, and more. Many ITSE standards are incorporated as students are prompted to research and prese
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6th - 12th
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Spring Activity: Math with Planting Seeds!
Practice an abundance of math skills while planting seeds! Write fractions, use equivalent fractions, make common denominators, and even practice mean, median, and mode! This practices measurement and data analysis in conjunction with scientific observations and hypotheses. This is a fun, interactive activity that can link Math and Science to the real world! It can also be used as a starter for a school garden.Materials needed:- cups or planters- growing medium (potting soil, etc.)- Pea seeds-
Climate Change Brochure Project!
Help your students display their understanding of the causes and effects of climate change as well as potential solutions in a well-organized brochure! Straightforward instructions are combined with optional academic sentence frames. This is an ideal, easy-to-use tool for enhancing student writing while encouraging student engagement in an exceptionally important topic. FOR FULL CLIMATE CHANGE MATERIALS PACK CLICK HERENote: This activity is perfect for demonstrating understanding of content. Te
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3rd - 12th
Happy Earth Day Collaborative Coloring Poster Bulletin Board Activities & Crafts
Celebrate the joy and significance of Earth Day with our vibrant and engaging Happy Earth Day Craft Coloring Activities Bulletin Board Collaborative Poster. This captivating resource is designed to inspire environmental awareness and encourage students to take part in fun and educational activities.Key Features:Promotes environmental awareness through a fun, engaging art activity.A large, communal art piece that students can color together and display.Includes a cheerful "Happy Earth Day" banner
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PreK - 8th
Earth Day Video Project on Recycling
Use this project to create an Earth Day video with class.
This project is designed to help students collaborate, so they should be working in partners or small groups. Each small group can either work within a larger group in your class, or your class as a whole can be the larger group.
This resource provides you with the brainstorming sheets, the task sheet and a grading rubric to guide your students through this project.
You can use this project with any variety or combination of movie m
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3rd - 6th
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Earth Day Mini-Research Project
This product can be used as a mini-research project to celebrate Earth Day. It includes 7 questions for students to answer as they research an endangered animal. I have also included the link for the World Wildlife Fund's Endangered Species list (on slide 2). I have my students choose an animal from that list, and they complete their research on that animal.
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6th - 8th
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Earth Day Writing Assignment Planet vs Plastic
"Planet vs Plastic: Earth Day Writing Assignment" Digital DownloadEngage your students this Earth Day with a compelling writing assignment focused on the critical issue of "Planet vs Plastic." This digital download file includes everything you need to guide your students in exploring the impact of plastics on our planet and brainstorming actionable solutions to reduce this impact.Key Features:Aligned with Common Core State Standards for Grade 4 WritingThoughtful Introduction: Sets the stage for
Project Based Learning Recycling - FREE PBL Lesson Plan Grades 4-8
In this Project-Based Learning (PBL) lesson plan, students will collaborate to develop and implement a recycling project in their school or community. This project aims to raise awareness about the importance of recycling, develop students' teamwork and leadership skills, and contribute to creating a sustainable environment.By implementing this PBL lesson plan, students will gain a deeper understanding of the importance of recycling, develop practical skills, and contribute to making their schoo
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4th - 8th
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Also included in:Â Project Based Learning BUNDLE, 50 PBL Lesson Plans! Grades 4-8
Earth Day Art Bulletin Board - Earth without 'art' is just 'eh.' (Header ONLY)
Earth Day Art Bulletin Board - Earth without 'art' is just 'eh.' Happy Earth Day!-3 font choices (Black/white & color)This vibrant and engaging bulletin board features the inspiring message, "Earth without 'art' is just 'eh.' Happy Earth Day!" Perfect for celebrating Earth Day and promoting environmental awareness in the classroom.The idea for this bulletin board is recycling items into art for your students to display! This is an ideal bulletin board for Earth day because the students are t
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K - 12th, Higher Education, Adult Education, Staff
Compost Kid
Composting in a pop bottle! After talking about the Scientific Method and how Scientists set up their experiments and publish their results, the students were given the task of creating their own unique Compost Kid. It is their job to create their kid, keep their kid fed and alive for 70 days. Each Compost Kid is different, just like we are! Lessons to go along with this can include recycling, soil composition, microbiology and agriculture.
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5th - 12th
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5-ESS3-1
, HS-ESS3-2
, MS-ESS3-3
Extinct/ Endagered Animal Pamphlet Rubric
A rubric to create a pamphlet about an endangered species or extinct animal and how they became endangered or extinct (hunting, mass extinction, etc). Each section has a small paragraph describing the requirements. The sections include: Title page, Animals that have been affected, Form of Destruction, What their habitat looked like before it was destroyed and more...
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5th - 12th
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Conserving Water Lesson Plan
In this lesson, students will analyze their daily water consumption and the amount of water used to create everyday objects. Students can brainstorm ways they can save water and work with others to create a campaign to reduce the sale or consumption of bottled water in the school or local community.
To access the included powerpoint, visit the following link: http://www.teensturninggreen.org/education/curriculum/pgc-curriculum-water/
For more free lesson plans, related information or resource
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1st - 12th
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Earth Day: Caring for Our Earth: iMovie Project
One week long project using iMovie (iPads needed~1 per group)! Students explore and learn about ways to care for our Earth and become more eco-conscious. Working in small groups, students write and develop a movie of their choice to illustrate how we can better care for our earth. Perfect for science, weather, conservation, or Earth Day!
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4th - 7th
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