Check out these Earth Day ideas to use in your classroom! I love teaching my students about Earth Day in April. There are so many great children’s books out there and I have created some cute and engaging Earth Day projects that you can do with your students.
Introduce Earth Day with one of these Earth Day picture books! I have them all linked below.
I like to incorporate my read alouds and holiday theme into my morning meeting slides. I keep them up and refer back to them throughout the day.
I have a sample day of Earth Day Slides that you can grab below.
After introducing Earth Day and what it is, you might want to begin this mosaic Earth craft. It takes a while, so start it earlier in the week!
It is very calming for the students to create this large mosaic Earth from scraps of construction paper. Plus, you are reusing!
How to create the large Earth Day Paper Mosaic Earth:
- Save scraps of construction paper throughout the school year or ask for students to bring in old catalogs and magazines.
- Look for these colors: green, blue, white, and pink/red.
- Cut the colors into little squares or have the students rip them into smaller pieces.
- Draw the Earth on large chart paper or bulletin board paper. Draw a large heart in the middle of the Earth.
- Use a colored marker or pencil to write which color goes where.
- Lay it on a table.
- Show students how to put a dot of liquid glue on the back of the colored paper squares and then glue down.
- Let students work on the Earth in groups of 4 to 6. *This would make a great center to do the week of Earth Day.
- Let the completed Earth mosaic craft dry before hanging up.
- Hang up the completed Earth mosaic with some sort of follow up activity, like the ones featured below.
These Earth Day Graphing Crafts incorporate math. Students graph, tally, and analyze the data for their favorite ways to help the Earth: recycle, conserve (reduce), or plant a tree. Then they create a page topper to look like themselves.
Another cute and engaging craft that incorporates writing and art with Earth Day is this Be Cool To the Earth Craft:
This cool Earth Day craft is differentiated for the both the art and writing components. Check it out below:
Are you looking for print and go? Then check out these Earth Day banners. They are super simple to make with your students and incorporate art and writing with an Earth Day focus.
If you are looking for a project to assign your students for Earth Day, you will love this adorable Recycled Robot Earth Day project. The students create “robots” with their families out of things from their recycling bin. They write about them and share them in class! You could even have parents in for the sharing party!
During center time you could use these Earth Day Search – Read – Write The Room themed cards to go with any word list and they are free for you!
I hope all of these ideas help you plan out celebrating Earth Day in your classroom!
