Lesson Plans for Earth Day


Don't let the Earth down

Don't Let the Earth Down

Students will write persuasively on a conservation issue and create a public service announcement to promote their cause.

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Upcycle

Students design and create upcycled products using materials collected at home and school.

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Animal Interviews

Students research the characteristics, adaptations, and habitat of an animal and share their findings in a question and answer session with the animal.

Infographics

Infographics

Students will create an infographic poster to share knowledge and data about an issue they are studying.

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How Does Your Garden Grow?

Students design a functional and beautiful garden for a particular audience, developing a scale model, determining costs and materials, and creating a guide explaining how to care for the garden.

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Design a Polar Park

Students design enclosures for animals that live in the Arctic or Antarctic regions, to reflect what they have learned about animal habitats and characteristics.

Magical Metamorphosis – Butterfly Life Cycle Stories

Magical Metamorphosis

Students explore the life cycle of a butterfly as they write and illustrate stories that show the stages of a butterfly’s metamorphosis.

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Create a Creature

Students apply what they have learned about animal characteristics and adaptation to create a new creature and introduce it to the scientific community.

Take a Tour of a Biome

Take a Tour of a Biome

Students learn about the five biomes through as they create a travel brochure.

Everyday Heroes

Everyday Heroes

Create media resources that celebrate and promote the actions of a real world hero.

Animal riddle

Animal Riddles

Students will research an animal and create a riddle to showcase their knowledge and engage other students in the natural world.

Soil – Diary of a Worm Comic

Soil - Diary of a Worm

Students create a media campaign to educate about the layers, components, inhabitants, and benefits of soil.

Design a Rainforest Postcard

Design a Rainforest Postcard

Students develop a clear understanding of rainforest regions globally through research and the creation of postcards.

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