Earth Day Worksheets
It is hard for this generation to understand, but until the 1970s factories just blew black disgusting smoke into the air with zero filtering and zero regulations. They also dumped toxic chemicals and heated water into to neighboring areas. The worst part was that they were well within there rights to do just that. There was no government oversight or deeply followed regulations. On one fine day in the spring of 1970 a Wisconsin Senator by the name of Gaylord Nelson decided to bring attention to the fact that our environment was important, and we were dropping the ball with it. Nelson created Earth Day which first got people talking about it and once they realized what was happening, the people mobilized and protested. What do you, it worked! Just six short months later a new federal agency the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency was created. We still today celebrate this planet loving holiday to bring awareness to the obstacles that the Earth is still dealing with. The worksheets on this page will help you celebrate Earth Day in your class.
Reading Comprehension Worksheet
What Is It? - Earth Day is celebrated every year on April 22nd with events that help educate people about how they can be part of making positive changes for the health of our planet. Over a billion people participate in Earth Day activities every year.
Vocabulary Worksheets
Vocabulary - Put these Earth Day words in alphabetical order. There are a dozen Earth related terms that need to be sorted out in an A to Z fashion.
Picture Sentences - Draw a line from the sentence to the matching picture. See if you can catch the theme we are going for here.
Celebrate - How many words can you make out of the letters that spell Celebrate
Earth Day? Write as many words as you can on the lines below.
Talk About It - Tell us your thoughts on each of these words and they mean to you. You can take them at face value or think on a larger scale.
Puzzle Worksheets:
Trash or Recycle? - Cut and paste each item into the correct box. There are eight items including: a tuna can, platic bottle, jean shorts, newspaper, chips, magazine, a wrapper and water.
Complete the Patterns - Cut and paste to complete the pattern in each row. You goal is to figure out what comes next in the series.
Writing Worksheets:
Every Day Is Earth Day! - Write the meaning of each symbol. These are consistent symbols that serve a great deal of environmental education to the public at large.
The Climate Change Controversy
- The subject of climate change is controversial. While
there is much support for making changes to reduce carbon
emissions, there is also a contingent that believes that global
warming is a naturally-occurring phenomenon that has nothing to
do with humans. What do you think? Is climate change real? Can
we do anything about it?
Tell Us - Write five sentences about Earth Day. How will you celebrate? Draw something that reflects all of your thoughts.
Can You Recycle It?
- Choose the correct answer. If you are not sure, do some quick
research to find out! Some of these will stump you.
Happy Day
- Explain how you will celebrate this day. This is a great sheet for everything to do with this day.
Acrostic Poem
- Write an acrostic poem. For each
letter, write words or phrases relating to Earth Day
that begins with the letter on that line.
Word Trace - Trace the words. Write the words. These are for the youngsters.
Overlooked Facts About Earth
This crazy third rock from the Sun has many qualities that make it very unique to our solar system. While it is only one of the seven-hundred-quintillion planets in the universe, it is the only one that we know for sure supports and has the presence of living things on it. Will we find life elsewhere? Most scientists believe it is very probable. The material that Earth is made up of is primarily iron. This is the stuff that turns your water brown. There is also a great deal of oxygen, which is followed by silicon, and magnesium in actual composition.
Seventy percent of the planet is covered in water. Ninety-seven percent of this water is salt water. The remaining three percent is fresh drinking water. We can use the process of desalination to convert this salt water to drinking water. So do not worry you will have plenty more to drink. Be examining ice core and other forms of data we know that the conceptual sea level fluctuates over time. It has been one hundred and twenty meters lower than it is today. It has also been seventy meters higher than it now. One last thing about oceans is that they height of tide is caused by the Earth’s interaction with the moon. The gravity of the moon pulls the tides higher and lower based on its position. Beside the moon there are also other bodies that are orbiting the Earth. 3753 Cruithne is an asteroid that we have spot in 1986. It takes about a year for this asteroid to orbit Earth.