Earth Day Teaching Theme

Earth Day Hands On Activities

1. Dynamic Balance in a Bottle
2. Earth/Mars Analogies
3. Exploring Systems
4. NASA
5. Paper Mache Earth and Planetpals

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	Who Knew Mother Earth Has So Many Problems?
	Earth Day Series: This lesson discusses environmental problems. The reading passages explains the greenhouse effect in the earth's atmosphere. This lesson discusses global warming. View Worksheets

Earth Day Lesson Plans

1. Birth of the Earth
2. Planet Earth
3. Sunlight and the Earth
4. The Geologists Dilemma
5. We Care About the Earth

Timely Earth Day Teacher Resources

1. Earth's History, Earth Day, and Clean Water
2. Even Kids Can Help the Earth! Lesson Set
3. Science Vocabulary Review
4. Solar and Wind Power: Clean Energy
5. Who Knew Mother Earth Has So Many Problems?

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Earth Day Worksheets

1. Color The Hemispheres!
2. Day and Night!
3. Earth's Features
4. Seasons
5. Vocabulary Quiz

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	Earth Day History & Clean Water
	Earth Day Series: This reading series presents the science behind the formation of the Earth. We also describe the American municipal water system and contrasts it with water problems of undeveloped areas. View Worksheets

Earth Day Web Quests

1. Earth Day Web Quest
2. Going Green in Small Town Maine
3. Is Earth the Only Planet?
4. Lend A Hand To Earth!
5. Reading the Rocks

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	Solar and Wind Power: Clean Energy
	Earth Day Series: This reading describes how to use the sun for heating and to generate electricity. This lesson discusses ancient and modern windmills. View Worksheets

Earth Day Interactive Sites

1. Earth
2. Earth and Moon Viewer
3. EarthForce
4. Earth Introduction

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Earth Day Bulletin Board Set

1. Hands Across Earth
2. Nature
3. Waste
4. Waste vs. Earth
5. Wildlife and Earth

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Earth Day Background Information

1. EarthForce
2. Geologic Time
3. Science with NOAA Research
4. World Records in Earth Science

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Work Sheets You Can Customize

1. Make An Earth Day Crossword
2. Make A Lab Report Rubric
3. Make An Earth Day Scramble
4. Make An Earth Day Venn Diagram
5. Make An Earth Day Word Search

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	Even Kids Can Help the Earth! Lesson Set
	Earth Day Series: This lesson describes things kids can do to help the environment such as recycling. Includes reading passages, multiple choice and free response questions. View Worksheets

Earth Day Teacher Resources

1. Natural Disasters Theme, Vol. 1
2. Natural Disasters Theme, Vol. 2
3. Puzzle Series: Tsunami Theme Workbook
4. Science Literacy- Scientific Method
5. Science Liter.- Weather, Space, Volcanoes

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