Caring For Earth and Earth Day Theme Unit

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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

Care for and Clean Up Our Earth

Earth Day Ponder the Picture Puzzle

Short Reading Comprehensions
Very Quick Readers
     Nature - Enjoy It, Care for It (Very Quick Reader; Grade 2-4 Readability)
     Air Pollution (Very Quick Reader; Grades 4-7 Readability)
     Recycling (Very Quick Reader; Grades 5-6 Readability)

Short Readers
     Reduce, Reuse, Recycle (Short Reader; Grades 3-4 Readability)
     Ozone Confusion (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     Why Waste? - A Change In Habits (Short Reader; Grades 4-6 Readability)
     For the Good of the Earth (Short Reader; Grades 5-7 Readability)
     Death Smog In Donora, Pennsylvania (Short Reader; Grades 6-8 Readability)

Spanish
     Naturaleza: disfrútala y cuídala (grades 2-4)
     La Contaminación del Aire (grades 4-7)
     Confusión del ozono (grades 4-6)
     Por el bien de la Tierra (grades 5-7)
     Smog mortal en Donora, Pensilvania (grades 6-8)

Reading Comprehensions
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)
     The Great Can Stomp (Grades 1-2)
     A Frog's Eye View (Grades 1-3)
     An Earth Day Song (Grades 1-5)
     Sock it to Recycling! (Grades 2-3)
     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)
     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)
     Making a Difference (Grades 4-6)
     Recycling: Something Old Is New Again (Grades 4-6)
     Animals in Danger! (Grades 4-9)
     How People Affect Other Living Things (Grades 5-6)
     The Importance of National Parks (Grades 5-6)
     The Problem with Trash (Grades 5-6)
     Hybrid Cars (Grades 5-6)
     It's Free! (Grades 5-6)
     Soil - Where Would We Be Without It? (Grades 5-7)
     Pollution Management (Grades 5-7)
     Three R's to Help the Earth (Grades 5-7)
     What Can You Do About Global Warming? (Grades 5-8)
     What You Can Do to Save the Earth (Grades 5-8)
     Rainforest Logging Banned in New Zealand (Grades 5-8)
     Cyanide Polluted Danube River (Grades 5-8)
     The Rotten Truth (Grades 6-7)
     How Do People Protect Plants and Animals? (Grades 6-7)
     Rachel Carson, Founder of the Environmental Movement (Grades 6-8)
     Hybrid Cars Update (Grades 6-8)
     How Is Paper Recycled? (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)

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)
     ¡Dale un golpe al reciclaje! (grades 2-3)
     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)
     Marcar la diferencia (grades 4-6)
     ¡Animales en Peligro! (grades 4-9)
     Ozono bueno y ozono malo (grades 5-7)
     Recursos: ¿renovables o no renovables? (grades 6-8)

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

Read and Color

John Muir: The Father of Our National Park System

I Can Make a Difference

Earth Day

Make Earth Feel Better (PDF File)

Teddy Recycles (PDF file)

Kacie Composts (PDF File)

Squirmy Earthworms

Go Green Activities

Go Green Puzzles

How Can I Help?

How Can I Help? Theme Unit

Quizzes
Grades 2-3
     Quiz - vocabulary, true/false, and multiple choice
     Customize Printables

Grades 4-6
     Quiz - vocabulary, true/false, and multiple choice
     Customize Printables

Grades 7-9
     Quiz - vocabulary, true/false, and multiple choice
     Customize Printables

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

Conversations - Foreign Languages
     No wasting! - French and English
     Natura enim non nisi parendo vincitur ! - French and English
     Protecting the environment - French and English

Book Units
    Earth Day (Grades 1-3)
    The Lorax (Grades 1-4)
    Judy Moody Saves the World (Grades 2-4)
    Hatchet (Grades 4-8)
    Artemis Fowl: The Arctic Incident (Grades 4-9)
    Brian's Hunt (Grades 5-8)
    Brian's Return (Grades 5-8)
    Brian's Winter (Grades 5-8)
    Hoot (Grades 5-8)
    The River (Grades 5-8)
    Flush (Grades 6-8)
    There's an Owl in the Shower (Grades 6-8)

Bulletin Board

Earth Day Bulletin Board (black and white)

Earth Day Bulletin Board (color)

Science Project
Earth Day Science Activity

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

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

Finish the Story
     A World without Trees (Grades 2-3)
     The "We Can Club" (Grades 2-4)
     Lacey's Recycling Contest (Grades 3-6)
     The Superheroes Clean up the Earth (Grades 4-6)
     The Dump (Grades 6-8)

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 and Biome
Theme Unit

Endangered Animals
Theme Unit

Rain Forests
Theme Unit

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FREE Earth Day Lesson Plans from LessonPlansPage

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