Earth Day is April 22. Celebrate the earth with an environmental activity. Consider a field trip, an in-class project, a take-home activity, or class presentations. Here are some project ideas and resources.

Projects and activities

• Read a book about pollution or the environment. Create a poster, book report, or other display about the important messages in the book.
• Create a nature scrapbook from your local area. Add pictures or plant samples and label them.
• Be a reporter. Make a video with you or your friends acting as news reporters on environmental issues. Highlight ways “viewers” can help.
• Figure out how much trash your family is creating in a day or a week. Make sure recyclables and compostable are being properly sorted out. Make a list of ways to reduce the amount of waste in your household.
• Conduct an interview with an environmentalist. Find out what you can do to protect the area where you live.
• Take a walk in a public area and pick up trash. Make a poster, video, or other display to encourage others to keep the environment clean.
• It’s National Poetry Month! Write a poem about recycling, our rivers and streams, or local plants and wildlife.

Resources

• The Power of Green – An interactive website about energy conservation for grades K-8.
• Recycling: Everything You Need – Activities, lessons, articles, and more on recycling.
• Kids’ Environmental Report Card – Kids can write e-cards to raise awareness about the environment.
• Endangered Ecosystems – An activity about animals in endangered environments.
• My Clean & Green Community – A digital storybook and environment lessons from Keep America Beautiful.

And don’t forget to take the Family Fun quiz!