Earth Science Teaching Resources for 1st Grade
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My Promise to the Earth - Flipbook Template
Make a promise to protect the planet with a printable Earth Day flip book.
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Recycling Card Game - SNAP!
Use this card game to reinforce the correct containers to be used for recycling, composting, and discarding waste.
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Trash, Recycle, or Compost Sorting Activity
Learn about recycling, composting, and sustainable practices for waste management with a fun sorting activity.
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Classroom Practices to Promote a Green Future - A Teacher's Guide
Create a more sustainably-friendly classroom with this 18-page teacher's guide.
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Reduce, Reuse, Recycle - Brainstorming Sheets
Brainstorm All the Ways to Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle with a pack of printable brainstorming worksheets.
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Earth Day Quotes – Environmental Quote Poster Pack
Inspire sustainable practices in the classroom with a pack of printable Earth Day Quotes.
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Dress for the Weather Match-Up Activity
Identify proper clothing choices for different weather conditions with a clothing and climate matching activity.
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Environmental Awareness Flip Book - Earth Day Activity
Use this flip book to build awareness of actions that are good and bad for the environment.
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Spring Writing Prompts for Beginning Writers
Celebrate a new season with Spring writing worksheets for primary grades.
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Recycling Labels - Printable Bin Tags
Teach your students how to recycle in the classroom with labeled recycling bins!
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Save the Planet - Earth Words Vocabulary Display
Print and display Earth Day-related terms in your classroom to improve vocabulary and discussion about Earth Day.
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Trash, Recycle, and Compost Posters
Remind your students where to put their waste with these trash, recycling, and compost posters.
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Weather Word Wall Vocabulary
Use this teacher-created weather resource to teach weather vocabulary. Build a word wall with your students during your weather lessons.
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Recycling Craftivity - We Recycle Because...
Write about why we recycle and create this recycling craft to display in the classroom.
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The Changing Seasons Comprehension Worksheets
Read and write about the changing seasons with a comprehension passage and worksheet.
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Natural Landforms Sorting Activity
Identify the major landforms of the world with a sorting activity.
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What's the Weather Like Today? – Mini-Book
Measure, record, and graph weather information with a printable mini-book.
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Our Physical Environment Bingo
Build and master the ability to identify land and water formations in the physical environment with a game of Physical Environment Bingo!
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Landforms Vocabulary Match
Identify the major landforms of the world with a matching activity.
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Types of Landforms - Exit Tickets
Explore the features of various landforms with this set of 20 exit tickets.
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Dressing for the Physical Environment Sorting Activity
Help children learn about dressing for the environment by sorting clothing items into categories for warm climate and cold climate.
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The Seasons - Classroom Posters
A set of beautifully illustrated posters that depict the four seasons and the differences between them.
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Seasonal Changes - Worksheet
A worksheet the explores the observable features of the seasons.
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Natural, Managed, and Constructed Environments PowerPoint
Explore some of the features of environments with this 17-slide teaching deck.
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Seasons Sorting Activity
Teach students in K-2 the proper clothing, activities, and objects for different types of weather with this four seasons activity.
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Four Seasons Spinner Activity - Northern Hemisphere
Spinner resource to consolidate your students' knowledge of the different seasons.
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Natural and Built Environments Sort Activity
A natural and built environments sort activity.
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Seasons of Change
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How About This Weather?
A 60-minute lesson in which students will explore the changes in the weather.
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16 Environmental Activities for Students to Encourage Sustainability in Your Classroom
These sustainability activities for the classroom can be incorporated right into your environmental education activities to help students grow!
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12 Teacher-Approved Earth Day Activities for Kids to Green Your Classroom (Plus Teacher Freebies)
Make Earth Day count with these fun Earth Day activities for kids in the classroom that incorporate math, science, and more, plus access free seeds, resources, and more for teachers!
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The Best and Worst Plants for the Classroom (And How to Care for Them)
Do you want to know the best plants to keep in the classroom (and those to avoid)? Check out this list of allergy-free, easy-care indoor plants for teachers!