Printable Earth Day Worksheets

Learning about Earth Day is a great way to encourage students to become active caretakers of the Earth and its resources. This collection of free, printable Earth Day worksheets is a great way to engage elementary/primary grade students with discovering more about this important day of action.

What and When is Earth Day?

Earth Day is an international day of action against the environmental challenges Earth faces, and an important reminder to us all that we can all play a part in saving our home planet.

Earth Day was first celebrated on April 22, 1970 in the United States of America. It became internationally recognized by 1990.

Earth Day is celebrated on April 22 each year.

Printable Earth Day Worksheets

Help students become more environmentally aware by incorporating these free printable Earth Day worksheets into your lesson plans for April. They are great for students in the elementary/primary grades (full download instructions found at the bottom of this post).

In this collection of six Earth Day activity pages you will find;

• A page of Interesting Facts about Earth Day
• Earth Day Word Research task
• Earth Day Word Search
• Earth Day Word Scramble
• Ideas to Reduce, Re-use and Recycle Fact Sheet
• A Personal Saving Our Planet Plan Worksheet

These printable worksheets provide a fun and educational way for students to learn about the environment and the challenge it faces, whilst also improve essential learning skills. They’re a great learning resource for use in the classroom or at home. 

Students will be encouraged to develop their reading, vocabulary and research skills whilst learning more about Earth Days and ways in which they can individually make a difference.

Earth Day Activity Ideas for Kids

There are so many ways to engage students with learning about Earth Day!

You could start with our great big list of 35 Earth Day Books for Kids – it is packed with both fiction and non fiction picture book suggestions.

For Earth Day kids crafts and creative activities, why not check out our Earth Day Headbands Craft , making DIY Seed Tape or, for a REAL Earth Day challenge, try making our World Map Lego Mosaic.

This list of 40+ Backyard Science Experiments contains lots of ideas related to the natural world, including our DIY Mini Microscope. Or why not try this DIY worm farm project at school or home.

Download Instructions: Earth Day Worksheets: Elementary/Primary


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