This multi-subject theme make it an ideal lesson plan for Earth Day. Celebrate Earth Day with the Lorax Be a Lorax helper and play the game Save the Trees on this site. You can purchase the book below. Here is a great list of activities for you and your students. During the week prior to Earth Day, you can introduce the concept of Earth Day, why and when we celebrate it, and engage the students in a fun, helping the environment activity.
Students learn about land use planning, built environments, and cooperative living habitats.
Designing an Ecologically Sound City Grades Intermediate This lesson will make students aware of the need to respect their environment, and its natural resources. Using sponges as an example, students need and use water daily in many ways, and often in unrealized amounts. Earth Care Grades Elementary A unit on the environment. Historical Precedents Learn about the history of this historic movement. Kids in Action Get inspired by heroes, listen to a message from Earth Day's founder, send your own messages, take the quiz, and tour the Arctic Wildlife Refuge.