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Caring For Earth and
Earth Day Theme Unit

Critical Thinking
     How many cans and junk mail letters were recycled?
     What is the fuel economy of each car?


Ponder the Picture Comprehension Puzzle
             Earth Day Ponder the Picture Puzzle


Reading Comprehensions
Read and Color
            John Muir: The Father of Our National Park System

             Make Earth Feel Better (PDF File)
             Teddy Recycles (PDF file)
             Kacie Composts (PDF File)

Earth Day
     Earth Day Begins (Grades 2-3)
     Earth Day Art (Grades 2-3)
     Good Clean Earth (Grades 4-6)
     Why Do We Have Earth Day? (Grades 5-8)
     Two Earth Days? (Grades 6-8)

Caring for Earth
     Aunt Tilly's Garden (Grade 1)
     Wetlands Poem (Grade 1)
     Wetlands (Grade 1)
     Three Little Fishes (Grade 1)
     Poppy's Park (Grade 1)
     Reuse, Reduce, Recycle (Grades 1-2)
     Save Our Trees (Grades 1-2)
     Every Litter Bit (Grades 1-2)
     An Earth Day Song (Grades 1-5)
     Save Our Wetlands (Grades 2-3)
     A Box of Worms (Grades 2-3)
     Let Your Figures Do the Marching (Grades 2-3)
     What Can I Do? (Grades 2-3)
     "Bin" Composting? (Grade 3)
     Animals in Danger! (Grades 3-4)
     Oil Spill (Grades 3-4)
     Over the River, Through the Woods (Grades 3-4)
     Facts About Composting (Grades 4-5)
     Rachel Carson, Environmentalist (Grades 4-5)
     Water, Water, Everywhere (Grades 4-6)
     Indoor Air Pollution (Grades 4-6)
     Asthma and Our Environment (Grades 4-6)
     Rainforest Plants (Grades 4-6)
     The Importance of National Parks (Grades 5-6)
     The Problem with Trash (Grades 5-6)
     Hybrid Cars (Grades 5-6)
     Soil - Where Would We Be Without It? (Grades 5-7)
     Pollution Management (Grades 5-7)
     What Can You Do About Global Warming? (Grades 5-8)
     What You Can Do to Save the Earth (Grades 5-8)
     The Rotten Truth (Grades 6-7)
     Rachel Carson, Founder of the Environmental Movement (Grades 6-8)
     Effects of Genetic Engineering (Grades 7-8)
     A Costly Oops! (Grades 7-9)
     The Earth's View - A Speech to Humans (Grades 7-9)
     The Wet Treatment, Part 1 (Grades 7-9)
     The Wet Treatment, Part 2 (Grades 7-9)
     The Gas Effect, Part 1 (Grades 7-9)
     The Gas Effect, Part 2 (Grades 8-10)
     A Mountain of Garbage (Grades 8-10)
     Use Me Reuse Me (Grades 8-10)
     The Dr. Jekyll - Mr. Hyde Molecule and the Case of the Vanishing Ozone (Grades 9-12)
     GMOs and the Environment, Part 1 (Grades 9-12)
     GMOs and the Environment, Part 2 (Grades 9-12)
     Global Warming (Hi/Lo Grades 5-6)
     Human Impact on Earth (Hi/Lo Grades 5-7)
     Good and Bad Ozone (Hi/Lo Grades 5-7)
     Resources - Renewable or Nonrenewable? (Hi/Lo Grades 6-8)

Conversations
     Protecting the environment (French and English)
     Recycling (French and English)


Funda-blanks
     Earth is My Home (grade 1)
     Trees for Earth Day (grades 2-3)
     Ten Facts about Earth (grades 4-6)


Book Units
    Kickoff! (Grades 3-6)


Reading Comprehensions - Foreign Languages
Spanish
     Comienza el Día de la Tierra (grades 2-3)
     Arte del Día de la Tierra (grades 1-2)
     Tierra buena y limpia (grades 4-5)
     El jardín de la tía Tilly (grades 1-2)
     Las tierras pantanosas (grade 1)
     Tres pequeños peces (grade 1)
     El parque de Poppy (grade 1)
     Reutiliza, reduce, recicla (grades 1-2)
     Salva nuestros árboles (grades 1-2)
     Cualquier pedacito de basura (grades 1-2)
     Salva nuestras tierras pantanosas (grades 2-3)
     Una caja de gusanos (grades 3-4)
     Deja que tus cifras hagan la marcha (grades 2-3)
     ¿Qué puedo hacer? (grades 2-3)
     ¿Compostaje en "envases"? (grade 3)
     ¡Animales en Peligro! (grades 4-9)


Play
     Operation: Destroy the Earth (A Play; Grades 3-4)


Science Project
    Earth Day Science Activity


Bulletin Board
       Earth Day Bulletin Board (black and white)

Earth Day Bulletin Board (color)


World Problems
   April World Problems and Issues


Earth Day Visual Perceptual Skills
   Visual Skills - No Rotation of Images
2 by 2: Multiple Choice - Easy printable
2 by 2: Full image given
2 by 2: Picture is one-fourth complete
2 by 2: Full image given (one extra piece not used)
2 by 2: Picture is one-fourth complete (one extra piece not used)
2 by 2: Full image given (two extra pieces not used)
2 by 2: Picture is one-fourth complete (two extra pieces not used)
2 by 3: Full image given
2 by 3: Picture is one-sixth complete
2 by 3: Full image given (two extra pieces not used)
2 by 3: Picture is one-sixth complete (two extra pieces not used)
Mixed Book - one page of each worksheet

   Visual Skills - Images may be Rotated
2 by 2: Multiple Choice - Easy printable
2 by 2: Full image given
2 by 2: Picture is one-fourth complete
2 by 2: Full image given (one extra piece not used)
2 by 2: Picture is one-fourth complete (one extra piece not used)
2 by 2: Full image given (two extra pieces not used)
2 by 2: Picture is one-fourth complete (two extra pieces not used)
2 by 3: Full image given
2 by 3: Picture is one-sixth complete
2 by 3: Full image given (two extra pieces not used)
2 by 3: Picture is one-sixth complete (two extra pieces not used)
Mixed Book - one page of each worksheet


Caring for Earth Puzzles (with pictures)
        Unscramble names of caring for earth words
     Fill-in missing letter (one missing letter)
     Fill-in missing letter (two missing letters)
     Circle names of caring for earth words (correct spelling)
     Match names of caring for earth words with pictures
     caring for earth word search

     Caring for earth with pictures puzzle book


Caring for Earth Picture Puzzles
   Picture
Word Search


   Cut and paste picture
and write the word


   Circle letters
and write the word




Caring for Earth Quizzes
Caring for Earth Quiz (Grade 2-3)
     Quiz - vocabulary, true/false, and multiple choice
     Customize Printables
Caring for Earth Quiz (Grade 4-6)
     Quiz - vocabulary, true/false, and multiple choice
     Customize Printables
Caring for Earth Quiz (Grade 7-9)
     Quiz - vocabulary, true/false, and multiple choice
     Customize Printables


Board Game
   Caring for Earth Vocabulary Board Game



Caring for Earth Word Wall
        Create a word wall using words from the caring for Earth theme unit


Analogies
             Earth Day Analogies
Analogies in Foreign Languages
     French analogies
     Spanish analogies
     Italian analogies
     German analogies


Writing
Earth Day Draw and Write
Earth Day Draw and Write

Earth Day Story Starters and Borders
Earth Day borders with Earth Day story starters

Rhymes
            Recycle and Bicycle


Earth Day Math
     Earth Day Math Stories (Grades 1-2)
     Earth Day Math Stories (Grades 3-4)
     Earth Day Math Stories (Grades 5-6)
     Earth Day Addition and Subtraction
     Earth Day Mixed Math Worksheet
     Earth Day Electricity Math Worksheet


Earth Day Mazes
edHelper subscribers:
Build Earth Day Mazes - Make multiple mazes at once


Earth Day Counting
(for edHelper.com subscribers)
Earth Day Counting Puzzle


Trash Word Search
            Trash Mash Word Search


Animals
     Animal Units

  Endangered Animals
Theme Unit

  Rain Forests
Theme Unit

Caring for Earth: Vocabulary Puzzles
Select grade level for vocabulary and words:
Grade 1    Grades 2-3    Grades 4-6    Grades 7-9


Also Visit:
     FREE Earth Day Lesson Plans from LessonPlansPage


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