Today's Classroom Activities :

Earth Day Activities

Earth Day is April 22. Make posters to remind the community to protect our environment.

Bring meaning to your celebration of Earth Day this month with these environmentally conscious experiments in Paper or Plastic?

Also read Activity on Paper or Plastic that discusses the mass and volume of plastic bags vs. paper bags.

How To...Recycle - From Trash to Treasure—Use the Internet to become better informed about recycling—and create your own masterpiece gallery from trash!

Recycle old newspapers to make a supply of unlined paper for your classroom with No Paper? No Problem!

Recycle City, sponsored by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, was created for the classroom. All of the activities at Recycle City are designed so the teacher can set different goals to match the classroom curriculum. You can also check out "Things To Do In Recycle City" for some more ideas.

Earth Day Picnic
Environmental Science To celebrate Earth Day and to reinforce lessons on recycling, reusing and reducing, have a school-wide picnic. Encourage students to pack their lunches so that there is a minimum of garbage. After lunch, reward the class that created the least amount of garbage and the student with the most creative idea for reducing trash.

Our Own Rap
Poetry/Science Learn and recite this Earth Day rap to present to other classes and community groups during Earth Day celebrations. Have students experiment with adding lyrics to the rap, incorporating movement and performing it with various instruments made from recycled materials. As the end of the rap indicates, students may form a trash-collecting "conga line" and act out motions such as throwing items into a recycling can, encouraging other kids to join the line.