Classroom printables, activities & worksheets
Sustainability
A collection of elementary teaching resources to use when learning about sustainability. Resources include posters and worksheets. Use the posters as a reminder to your students about how they can implement sustainable practices in the classroom and at home.
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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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Why Plant a Tree? Infographic
Teach about Arbor Day or Earth Day with an infographic poster about the importance of trees in our environment.
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Environmental Word Search
Identify environmental terms with this Earth Day word search.
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Earth Day Word Scramble
Celebrate Earth Day and all things sustainable with this fun word scramble for elementary.
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Ways to Reduce Your Carbon Footprint - Poster
Display this poster when learning about sustainability.
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Energy-Saving Reminders
A set of energy-saving reminders that can be placed around the classroom.
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Energy-Saving Tips for the Classroom – Poster
A poster displaying some helpful tips for saving energy in the classroom.
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My Ecological Footprint - Worksheet
A worksheet for students to evaluate their family's ecological footprint and compare it with the class.
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Recycling Soft Plastics – Worksheet
A flow chart and accompanying worksheet exploring the process of soft plastics recycling.
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Acrostic Poem Template - PLANET
An acrostic poem template for the word ‘planet’ to use for Earth Day, during National Poetry Month, and when learning about the solar system.
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Is It Sustainable? Evaluating Sources of Electricity Worksheet
A worksheet for considering whether an energy source is sustainable.
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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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Sustainability Quote Poster Number 7
"It is the greatest of all mistakes to do nothing because you can only do little." - Sydney Smith
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Sustainability Quote Poster Number 5
"How wonderful it is that nobody need wait a single moment before starting to improve the world." - Anne Frank
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Sustainability Quote Poster Number 2
"Make choices that will forge a positive difference."
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Sustainability Quote Poster Number 4
"No excuses! Take responsibility for your actions!"
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Sustainability Quote Poster Number 8
"I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And I will not let what I cannot do interfere with what I can do." - Edward Everett Hale
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Sustainability Quote Poster Number 9
"Only when the last tree has died and the last river been poisoned and the last fish been caught will we realize we cannot eat money." - Cree Proverb
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Sustainability Quote Poster Number 6
"For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever." - Henry David Thoreau
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Student Lunch Box Audit Worksheet
An investigation that will have students calculating the waste produced from their lunch boxes, creating a plan of action to reduce their waste and reflecting on their results.
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Classroom Energy Audit Worksheet
An investigation that will have students observing the energy usage in their classroom and proposing action to reduce energy waste.
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The Ecological Footprint Poster
An infographic poster showing the implications of The Ecological Footprint.
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Waste Management Investigation - How Much Waste Do We Throw Away?
A practical investigation related to sustainable waste management.
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Water Wastage Investigation - How Much Water is Lost to Leaks?
A practical investigation related to sustainable resource use.
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Water Overuse Infographic Poster
An infographic displaying important facts and statistics about water overuse.
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My Promise to the Earth - Student Template
A template for students to identify what they can do to help save the environment.
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Straw No More Information Poster
This poster contains information about the Straw No More project, encouraging schools to stop using single-use plastic straws.
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General Waste, Recycling, Soft Plastics and Compost Posters
Posters to display in your classroom showing the different waste solutions.
