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Invest class time in teaching about our planet this Earth Day.

Inspire students to celebrate the gift of our planet’s beauty and natural resources. Explore these ready-to-use activities, interactive games, videos, and more that help students learn the science of and importance of our environment for Earth Day.

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Grades K-2

Climate and the Environment

Vooks: Earth Day Activity Sheet

Use these fun activities to highlight the importance of Earth Day including discussion questions, a coloring sheet, vocabulary cards, and more for titles like The Boy Who Grew a Forest and Earth Yay!

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Plant Trees

N*GEN Brain Break: Plant a Seed Exercise

In this mental exercise, students will visualize planting a seed in the earth. Even when a task seems big and difficult, it can be helpful to remember that each tree was once a tiny seed.

End Plastics

Earth to Luna! No More Straws

Discover why you can’t have plastic straws on the Space Station with Luna, Clyde, and Jupiter! The group starts wondering: what’s wrong with plastic straws? They set off on a fantastic adventure where they end up discovering the flaw with straws.

Sustainable Fashion

STEM Challenge: Plastic Fabric Art

Explore the viability of everyday materials by creating a makeshift fabric from recycled plastic that can be used in artwork, fashion, and accessories.

Global Clean Up

Sesame Workshop: Make Our Earth Better

Inspire children to explore their connections to nature and how their positive actions can care for it. Join Abby, Zoe, and Rudy as they sing along with their animal friends about taking care of our Earth together.

Mystery Science Lesson

Why are so many people scared of bugs?

Students will explore the wide variety of life found in the bug world and learn to appreciate the unique traits and abilities of bugs.

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Grades 3-5

Climate and the Environment

Fishtronaut: A Case of the Missing River

Join the team as Marina’s new friend, Samira, comes to visit Smiling Trees Park all the way from Saudi Arabia. They’ll soon discover how important water is back in Samira’s country and the importance of water conservation in the park.

Plant Trees

N*GEN: We Are One

In this episode, students explore how living things are connected. Elena and her friends feed tree leaves to the pigs and plant some new seeds with their classmates.

Global Clean Up

DE Originals: DEmystified: Protecting Natural Resources

Uncover why protecting natural resources, like oysters, is important for the environment and ecosystems.

Mystery Science Lesson

How do we protect the Earth’s environment?

Students learn about what happens in unbalanced ecosystems and how that can lead to an overabundance of algae and harmful algal blooms.

End Plastics

N*GEN: The Problem with Plastics

Explore why plastic is a problem: though it is cheap and easy to manufacture, it doesn’t go away when we’re done with it and ends up polluting the environment.

Sustainable Fashion

Newsy: Fast Fashion's Impact on the Environment

The fashion industry has a major impact on the environment and there can be a lot of waste associated with cheaper clothing typically bought at malls.

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Grades 6-8

Climate and the Environment

Global Oneness: A Thousand Suns

Meet Gamo elders and individuals who highlight the beauty and practicality of preserving traditional cultural knowledge and lifestyles.

Plant Trees

DE Originals: DEmystified: What Are Natural Resources?

Have you ever imagined what life would be like without trees? Besides not having forests, you would have to give up chewing gum, toothpaste, and ice cream, too. In this episode, explore how natural resources like trees effect our lives.

Global Clean Up

DE Originals: DEmystified: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Explore the difference between renewable and nonrenewable resources and why it is important that we treat all our natural resources with care.

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Sustainable Fashion

Science News Explores: Scientists Find a 'Greener' Way to Make Jeans Blue

Students watch a video and answer questions about the challenges that farmers face when adapting their practice to a desert environment.

Ready-to-Use Quiz

Farming the Desert

Students watch a video and answer questions about the challenges that farmers face when adapting their practice to a desert environment.

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Grades 9-12

Climate and the Environment

Seeker: Focal Point: Waves Can Tell Us A Lot About Climate Change, But You Have To Catch Them First Informs

Learn about the Smartfin Project, a citizens’ science project to help measure ocean temperatures. Several surfers use surfboards with an electronic fin and researchers are able to use the data to brainstorm ways to combat climate change and ocean warming.

Plant Trees

Newsy: How Cities Are Using Trees to Combat Climate Change

Explore a recently published study of 78 countries found about half of the trees were experiencing climate conditions beyond their limits.

End Plastics

Science News Explores: New Recycling Technologies Could Keep More Plastic Out of Landfills

Explore the diversity of plastic composition and the idea of chemical recycling, which takes plastics molecules apart and aids the sorting process.

Sustainable Fashion

Science News Explores: Clothes Dryers May Be a Major Source of Airborne Microplastics

Read a study that found dryer lint can release microfibers into the air, which spread. Various materials clump and break apart differently, and some clothes release more microfibers than others.

Global Clean Up

Seeker: Elements: New Tech Could Eliminate Toxic PFAS From Our Water

Learn about a new technology that could reduce the number of harmful PFA compounds, PFOs and PFOAs. The Airforce Civil Engineer Center has developed Enhanced Contact Plasma Reactor, which uses argon gas to reduce the concentration of PFAs in contaminated water.

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Global Energy Consumption

Students watch a video and discuss the differences between renewable and non-renewable energy resources.

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