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20 Earth Day Visuals and Activities 

Every year, Earth Day is celebrated on April 22nd to demonstrate support for enviormental protection. Check out these visuals and activities to use this Earth Day! 

1. Make a book about Earth Day. 

Earth Day - Books and Stories

2. Go on a Nature Scavenger Hunt. How many things can you find? 

Nature Walk Scavenger Hunt - Picture Schedule Nature Walk - Bingo Games

3. Play Earth Day Bingo 

Earth Day Bingo - Bingo Games

4. Start a composting bin for a class garden. 

5. Earth Day Coloring Sheets

Earth Day Coloring Sheets - Coloring Sheet

6. Go on a nature walk. Record things you see, hear, and smell along the walk. Collect items along the walk. 

Springtime Nature Walk - Sorting Mats Nature Walk Collection - Graphing Sheets

7. Make binoculars to look around on your nature walk. 

8. Use items from your nature walk to create a self-portrait. 

I Am Special - One Page Pictures

9. Collect trash on a Nature Walk

10.Recycle. Discuss ways you can recycle old materials. 

 Re-Use Art Supplies - Picture Cards

11. Sort items to be recycled or composted. 

Sort Which Goes in the Recycling and Which goes in the Compost? - Sorting Mats Recycle or Composte? - Sorting Pictures

12. Use old trash to construct sculptures or models. 

13. Drinking water is important. But all the water bottles have an impact on the environment. Design ways to reuse old water bottles. 

Design a way to reuse a water bottle? - Writing Pages

14. Make a bird feeder from toilet paper tubes, peanut butter, skewer, and bird seed. 

15. Make a class mural about our planet Earth

16. Collect plastic bags and other recyclable materials. 

17. Sort items to be recycled

Recycling - Large and Small Pictures Sort and Recycle - Sorting Mats

18. Learn where our trash goes.

Where does our trash go? - Matching Books

19. Plant new plants in recycled cups or bottles. Start a class garden. 

Growth Sequence of a Plant - Cut and Paste Matching Planting a seed step by step - Picture Schedule From Seed to Plant - Picture Cards

20. Make signs to display that April 22nd is Earth Day and how we can help keep our planet beautiful and healthy. 

April 22nd is Earth Day - Picture Cards

 

Have fun learning and celebrating our planet Earth together!