Teachers who work with English as a Second Language learners will find ESL/ESOL/ELL/EFL reading/writing skill-building children's books, stories, activities, ideas, strategies to help PreK-3, 4-8, and 9-12 students learn to read.
Earth Day / Environmental Resources
Earth Day Network: Lesson Plans
The Earth Day Network offers lesson plans on topics including sustainability, climate, and energy.
Education World offers environmental activities and resources for classroom teachers.
Edutopia: Education for the Ecosystem
This environmental issue of Edutopia's magazine includes a roster of green heroes, lesson plans, service-learning opportunities, the Go Green Database, and more.
Edutopia offers tips for making schools greener, including product guides and strategies for the cafeteria and supply room.
Learn more about the beginnings of Earth Day and one of its principal founders, Gaylord Nelson, from this multimedia website hosted by The Nelson Institute for Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin.
KQED: Eco-Literacy for ESL Students
This student-centered, eco-literacy curriculum offers lesson plans linked to KQED/PBS programming and online interactive resources. The lessons and activities are appropriate for different levels of student proficiency in English.
Maya & Miguel: Every Day Is Earth Day
For a school Earth Day project, Maya, Miguel and their friends decide to clean up an old lot and plant a community garden. But as the deadline approaches, a rainstorm hits, turning the patch of dirt into a muddy mess. How will Maya get her friends out of the muck this time?
National Geographic Kids: Plant a Garden
National Geographic describes kid-friendly steps for planting a garden.
National Geographic: Environment Resources
Multimedia video, photos, and articles about environmental topics including volcanoes and water use.
PBS Teachers: Earth Day Activity Pack
Interactive, multimedia lesson plans on environmental topics from PBS Teachers.
Portraits of a Green Generation
Learn more about the cadre of young activists who organized the first Earth Day, including Arturo Sandoval, a Hispanic civil rights leader.
Reading Rockets: Environmental Family Literacy Bag
This Reading Rockets Activity Packet is designed to support reading activities at home. They have chosen a fiction and nonfiction book about the environment, appropriate for a first grade listening level, and included related activities to encourage some hands-on fun and learning.
Related lesson plans and websites for Earth Day, including history of the holiday and the Ecology Hall of Fame.
Scholastic: Earth Day Resources
Lessons, articles, and fun activities for students help promote environmental awareness for Earth Day and throughout the year.
Seventh Generation: Earth Day Lesson Plans
For Earth Day, Seventh Generation has developed four lesson plans that teachers can use with their students. Three lessons help students investigate and understand how the products in their home can effect the indoor environment in which they spend much of their time. The fourth prepares them to gather information to use an online carbon footprint calculator.
Teach English, Teach About the Environment
This ESL curriculum guide from the Environmental Protection Agency includes lesson plans, vocabulary lists, and activities. Designed for adults but appropriate for grades 4-12.
TeacherVision: Earth Day Teacher Resources
Lessons, printables, and references available to teach about the environment. Topics include global warming, recycling, and pollution. (Free Trial available.)
Earth Day resources for teachers and students alike, focused on wilderness and habitat preservation.
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