Celebrate Earth Day with 聽and encourage your students to explore the wonders of our planet!
Explore Earth
Our planet is beautiful鈥攆rom land to sea! Wondering about the importance of water to our world, what issues our planet is facing, or how we can help? DE has pulled together engaging lessons, videos, and activities to show students the wonders of our planet.
Start the journey for students in grades PK-5 with DE’s , , and videos to learn where our water comes from and how to protect the creatures that live in it. Next, let students in grades 3-5 dive into the different climates and weather conditions around the world with .
Introduce the various resources our planet offers us and highlight the difference between , and聽 with videos from DEmystified, then take the resource research even further with Elements videos on聽听补苍诲听!
Take the journey to the next level for students in grades 6-12 by exploring real-world environmental issues. Experience living in a California drought with or explore how commercial farming impacts life in the Gamo Highlands of Africa with to better understand various environments that exist around our planet!
Next, step into the animal kingdom with a new created in partnership with LG! In the first activity of the Endangered Species Series, students will have the opportunity to dive into the world of animal adaptations by observing snow leopards in real time! Students will be able to identify variations in characteristics within the species, which play a crucial role in providing advantages for survival, finding mates, and successful reproduction. Our planet offers many resources, animals, and plants, and Earth Day is the perfect opportunity to explore them all!
Care for Our Community鈥�
With so much to appreciate about Earth, how can we show we care for our local communities? Inspire students to think about their communities by highlighting stories of leaders making an impact in their local communities.
, a program from 扒哥黑料 and Trane Technologies, provides resources to inspire students to learn, explore, innovate and lead us to a healthier world. With career profiles and a look inside Trane Technologies, students can see employees who are using solutions to create the systems that make a positive impact in their communities.
More Planet-Friendly Resources for Earth Day Lessons
Make a Difference for Our Planet
Explore these initatives from 扒哥黑料 and a coalition of industry leaders dedicated to making a difference for our planet, and inspiring others to join them!聽
- : Empowering students and educators with the knowledge and tools to conserve our planet’s resources.
- : Inspiring the next generation of leaders in science, technology, engineering, and math to tackle environmental challenges.
Students can practice making mindful choices by using the Sandbox AR app to ! Walk around in a pre-made beach scene, find the plastic objects, and remove them to pick up the litter. This activity takes place inside the free 聽and the .听
Find out about with a video from Newsy, from Science News Explores, or turn your classroom into a design studio with the 聽that allows your students to create a makeshift fabric from recycled plastic.
Plant Trees
Trees are a great resource for our planet since they provide nutrients to our soil, clean our air, and help provide a habitat for many living things. To honor Earth Day, plant seeds of knowledge about trees and what it takes to help trees flourish with and the !
Next, grow students鈥� understanding of trees with real-world stories! For students in grades PK-2, read the story of Jadav 鈥淢olai鈥� Payeng in , and completing the about the story after reading. Students in grades PK-8 can explore stories of real students鈥� actions in , and students in grades 3-12 can see the impact newly planted trees are having in cities around the world with a new article from !
Earth Day is on April 22 each year, but with engaging content from 扒哥黑料, you can elevate your students鈥� understanding of the Earth any time of the year!
