Earth Day Activities & Environment Theme

Earth Day is April 22

Also See: The Lorax

Free Earth Day Activities @ A to Z

Earth Day Songs & Poems
A handful of songs and poems about recycling and taking care of the earth.

Planet Earth Printable Outlines and Shape Book Writing Pages
Four pages: An Earth coloring page or shape book cover, along with blank and lined Earth-shaped pages.

Earth Day Activities & Teaching Ideas
A variety of activities shared at the A to Z forums over the years.

Earth Day Activities @ Other Sites

Earth Day Crafts
Fun crafts for endangered animals, clouds, mother earth. Source: dltk-kids.com

Earth Day Activity: Making Words
Here’s a free printable from Finally in First. How many words can you make with the letters in Earth Day?

Trash Basher’s Handbook: Recycling
Series of experiments on recycling. It provides an introduction to the concepts or reduce, reuse and recycle as well as the very important concept of Precycle. Source: galaxy.net

The Recycling Process After Collection
Describes what happens to materials after they are sent to be recycled. Source: uoregon.edu

Paper Maché Earth
Paper maché patterns, recipes and instructions for making a paper maché earth. Source: planetpals.com

Earth Day Coloring Pages
Several printable coloring pages to choose from. Source: woojr.com

Earth Day Coloring Pages
Various coloring pages for trees, recycling, etc. Source: coloring.ws

Earth Day Printables and Worksheets
Word search, ABC order, word jumble, and acrostic poem for Earth Day. Source: apples4theteacher.com

Earth Day Activities Unit
Many printables, forms, graphic organizers for your lesson plans. Source: abcteach.com

Happy Earth Day Activity Book
12 coloring pages and worksheets Source: epa.gov

Online Book: Every Day is Earth Day
Kids can sort paper, plastic, and cans into the appropriate recycling containers. Source: starfall.com

Earth Day Bags Project
The Earth Day Groceries Project is an easy, cost-free environmental awareness project that teams up youth and grocers to spread the message of Earth Day. Visit to find out how to participate! Source: earthdaybags.org

Composting With Red Wiggler Worms
Learn why composting helps the soil, and find out how to use worms to compost. (There’s also a nice photo of the worms to test your tolerance for the wigglies.) Source: cityfarmer.org