Earth Day ideas

April 22 is Earth Day. =c)

http://www.LessonPlansPage.com/EarthDay.htm
LPP is one of my favorite resources! This page has approximately 20 lesson plans and ideas on erosion, litter, recycling, rain forests and more.

http://www.earthday.net/
Earth Day Network's homepage. Take a quiz to see what your Ecological Footprint is and check out the resources in the Teacher's Corner.

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/education/index.htm
Lessons plans and activities from the EPA on acid rain, ozone, endangered species, global warming, ecosystems, water sheds, and more.

http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov/resources/educk12.shtml
Educational resources for K-12 students and teachers about Invasive Species.

http://www.kidsdomain.com/holiday/earthday/
Ever had Dirt Cups or Mudpie cookies? This site has Earth Day crafts, recipes, and activities. LOTS of fun to be had here!

http://www.planetpals.com/earthday.html
More Earth Day activities than you can shake a stick at!

http://www.starfall.com/n/holiday/earthday/load.htm?f
Interactive storybook Every Day is Earth Day from starfall.com. For younger kids.

http://www.enchantedlearning.com/crafts/earthday/
These crafts projects are for preschool, kindergarten and elementary school children. The crafts use materials found around the house, like egg cartons, cardboard, paper, boxes, string, crayons, paint, glue, etc.

http://www.education-world.com/holidays/archives/earthday.shtml
Activities include a Jeopardy-type game about "101 Amazing Earth Facts" and many more.

http://www.abcteach.com/directory/seasonalholidays/earth_day/
Activities and printables for elementary students.

http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/earth.html
Coloring pages, crafts, games and more.

http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/earth_day/earthday.htm
Printables for primary grades. Includes Earth Day stationary for K-1 (with dashed midline) and up (lined, no midline).

http://www.allspecies.org/neigh/blocka.htm
Ideas for organizing a neighborhood Earth Day "party," includes ideas for younger organizers.

http://www.kid-at-art.com/
Creative ways to recycle by making art.

http://familycrafts.about.com/od/craftsbyproduct/a/trashcrafts.htm
Trash to Treasures! Creative and fun craft ideas from things you might normally throw away. Turn an empty oatmeal cannister into a pretty kitchen utensil holder or a fun Native American drum. There's more to do with a used coffee can than make a bank! How about a bird feeder, time capsule, or a TP storage container? Plenty of craft ideas to keep your kids creating AND recycling!

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/cool/NRcolBk.pdf
Printable Nature's Recyclers coloring book

http://www.galaxy.net/~k12/recycle/
Experiments in recycling.

http://epa.gov/region5/publications/happy/happy.pdf
Printable Happy Earth Day coloring and activity book.

http://www.energystar.gov/ia/business/k12_schools/KidsBrochure.pdf
Printable A Beautiful World Starts With You coloring and activity book.

http://www.epa.gov/espp/coloring/cbook.pdf
Printable Save Our Species coloring and activity book about endangered species in the U.S.