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Loads of lesson plans, activities, arts & crafts
Earth Day in Your Community
Cleaning Up for Earth Day
During the week prior to Earth Day, you can introduce the concept of
Earth Day, why and when we celebrate it, and engage the students in
a fun, helping the environment activity. I have taken some ideas from
Planet Pals and provided a direct link to their fantastic site on a
number of pages.
Earth Day Lesson Plans
Suggestions: From everyone, We welcome suggestions or comments, so we can be the
best source we can be! Don't miss out on any of our pages! Above all, don't miss out on
the fun! If you have an idea for a project we will help you promote it!
Ideas on how to use this site as a teaching tool:
For EDUCATORS we have a lesson plans, book list, an ecology association list and a
section that will encourage school eco- projects and spread the word about what other
classrooms are doing worldwide. We hope this will encourage teachers to put their own
classroom's project online and send us a link!
We have a section that lists many ways we can all help maintain a clean environment
called Earth Matters, two sections with interesting earth facts called planet and planet
Fast Facts, a food chain, planets size chart, Earth day pages, America recycles day page,
Earthzine monthly magazine, and a weather quiz. There are several crafts here too! See
the list below for more complete details.
Have children get aquatinted with the Planetpals by reading their rhymes ...(also on
audio)
Talk about each PLANETPAL and their role in our universe, after reading their rhymes
and perhaps write one of their own.
LESSONS & ACTIVITIES
Have them participate in our online creative contests and submit their best work
Have them learn about the Earth at Planet and Planet fast facts
Have them learn about ecology at Earth Matters
Have them see the difference in the Earth Size compared to other planets.
Have them learn about the Solar System
Have them use the Food Chain as a learning tool
Have children read about the Wonders of the World...great information and photos to start
dialogue!
Very Useful and informative Planetpals Magazine, EARTHZINE is full of Interesting fact
and fun. Learn about world celebrations and observances, earth and eco fast facts, and
many exclusive monthly activities and articles. This is a brilliant site and has everything
you need to know about Earth Day & more, games activities, clip art...
America Recycles Day is November15. Learn more about it and use our activities for this
important day!.
Earthday is April 22: Use our many ideas and activities to make projects for this important
day
Use the Quick Lesson in Recycling! It's graphic and fun
Have them visit the Recycle Centre . It's a great visual tool to learn about recycling and
what we can and can't recycle.
In addition to recycling, have them learn about PREcycling. Complete with a
downloadable shopping list activity.
Have them learn ways to conserve at home
Have them print out the Recycle Kits, and use it at home or in the schoolroom! You will
find them on these pages or at Planet Pals Site - link below.
Have them look at a Recycle Picture Map
Go to a LOCAL Earthday festival where Planetpals takes part ...with Planetpals activities
for free.
Have them write or take photos on how your town or country recycles
Have them participate in WORLD RECYCLES PROJECT It's a great class project where
the whole world can learn.
Have them get involved in dialogur about ecology.
Have them think up their own recycle kit ideas and send them to us!
Have them make lists about things they can do to help conserve.
Have them read the special features like Weather and research more information on that
subject.
Have them check out other children and school eco projects at our Thinking Green page!
Have them play with the Planetpals Puzzles. They will learn a valuable message and
some simple ecology terms.
Have your students download the FREE Card Game, FREE Colouring Pages or FREE
Crafts fro Planet Pals.
Have them send their friends Planet Pals FREE EMail Stickers (click 'n stick), the
messages are fun and meaningful.
Have them make a food chain of their own.
Have them participate in many craft pages and/or come up with a craft idea
| Earth Day “Take-Home Kit” learn how you and your family can protect the environment every day in lots of ways. |
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