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Earth Day

“The environment is where we all meet; where all have a mutual interest; it is the one thing all of us share.” - Lady Bird Johnson
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Earth Day is April 22nd. Below discover activities, resources, education technology, mobile apps, and more to get your students to take better care of the earth.
Digital Earth Day Activities, Resources, Web Sites, & Apps from Shelly Sanchez Terrell
  • Play Games!
    • Planet Pals has coloring pages, interactive games, online puzzles, articles, journals, crafts, stories, virtual cards and more!
    • Primary Games has several online games for students to learn about Earth Day
    • The BBC's Barnaby Bear teaches kids how to recyle with this online game
    • Starfall has a listening activity and interactive games for very young learners
  • Lessons, Projects & Classroom Resources
    • The National Education Association has a K-5 Earth Day curriculum 
    • The EPA has activities, lesson plans, community projects, videos, and more  
    • Find Google Earth Lesson Plans and Projects here
    • Readwritethink.org has Earth Day interactives for children
    • PBS Nature has videos for students with discussion questions and teaching tips 
    • The Science Museum has an interactive mind map about climate change
    • The BBC introduces learners to Earth's most pressing issues  
    • The American Museum of Natural History's Ecology Disrupted section has lesson plans and resources, including a database of teacher created case studies. Also, check out their Antartica curriculum resources.
  • Get them to reflect on their impact!
    • Students can calculate their ecological footprint with the online form from EarthDay.org
    • EEK has various activities to help students reflect, including an online home recycling survey 
  • Visit a guest expert physically or virtually!
    • Microsoft has 81 ecological experts to Skype for free. Just do a search for Earth day. 
  • Learn about the environment through virtual field trips!
    • Discovery has several virtual field trips for students 
    • The UPM Forest Life lets learners explore a forest virtually 
  • Take a virtual reality field trip with Google Cardboard!
    • The Google Cardboard app for iOS and Android has different virtual reality adventures to explore nature and the world​​​
    • The NY Times has two virtual reality nature and environment experiences
    • Teachers can sign up for Google Expeditions and take their students on virtual reality field trips around the world 
  • Create posters to save the earth with EduBuncee,  Canva, Biteslides, and Glogster.
  • Create an Earth Day PSA (Public Service Announcement)!  Find video resources here! 

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