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Motivate your students to become more active participants in their world with activities on geology, global warming, and life cycles. From classifying leaves to tracking hurricanes, you'll find exciting seasonal resources and Earth Day activities for April. Also check out the slideshows, quizzes, bulletin boards, and graphic organizers below!
Whiteboard Compatible Mini-Lessons
These 15 minute mini-lessons are a great way to introduce your students to the various topics in Earth Science. Our ready-to-use slideshows and PowerPoints will help you teach lessons about fossils, rocks, minerals, water and more!Printables for Grades K-2
Use our printables for Grades K-2 to accompany your lessons on climate change, weather, soil and more! Included are puzzles to enhance vocabulary skills, worksheets to practice graphing and activities to help students understand the science behind weather and climate change.- Trash & Climate Change
- Soil Erosion Word Search
- Weather Graph
- Hurricanes
- Our Growing Planet
- Recycling Crossword Puzzle
- Weather Forecast Bulletin Board
- More Earth Science Printables
Printables for Grades 3-5
Strengthen your lessons for Grades 3-5 with these printables relating to volcanoes, energy, earthquakes and more! Included are worksheets about the importance of recycling, puzzles to enhance vocabulary and various ready-to-print activities.- Parts of a Volcano Labeling Worksheet
- Potential and Kinetic Energy
- "Light the Bulbs" Recycling & Pollution Worksheet
- Renewable and Non-renewable Energy
- Earthquakes and Volcanoes
- Soil Erosion Word Search
- Recycling Word Problems
- More Earth Science Printables
Printables for Grades 6-8
Use our printables to accompany lessons for energy, earthquakes, recycling and more! Here you will find fun activities, worksheets and reading warm-ups for grades 6-8.- Potential and Kinetic Energy
- Earthquakes and Volcanoes
- Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Activity
- Force and Motion
- Our Growing Planet
- Science Reading Warm-Up: Volcanoes
- What Are Some Alternate Energy Sources?
- More Earth Science Printables
Printables for Grades 9-12
Enhance your High School Earth Science lessons with our printables. Included are worksheets on human/environment interaction, oceanography activities, printable books and more!- The Ocean Floor
- The Human Impact on the Environment–Test
- Earth's Structure
- How Can Natural Resources Be Conserved?
- Earth, Moon, Sun, and Seasons - Activity
- Time Zones Around the World
- Save Our Environment Printable Book (K-12)
- More Earth Science Printables
Graphic Organizers
Help students organize their knowledge of Earth Science with our graphic organizers! Included are brainstorming activities, KWL charts and much more!- Natural Resources
- Ways to Help the Environment
- In a Garden
- KWL Chart - Living and Non-Living
- Rock Cycle (Blank) Printable
- KWL Chart - Caring for Earth
- Animal Babies and Parents
- More Earth Science Graphic Organizers
Quizzes
Test your students' knowledge on earthquakes, weather, hurricanes and other phenomenons with our ready-to-print quizzes.Slideshows
Our slideshows provide a list of the best printables, activities, reading guides and digital books relating to Earth Science. Our slideshows relate to many things from astronomy activities to geology transparencies.- Earth Science Printables Slideshow
- Summer Reading (Grades 3-5)
- Top 10 Spring Activities (K-8)
- Summer Reading (Grades 9-12)
- Summer Reading (Grades 6-8)
- Favorite Labor Day Activities Slideshow, Grades K-8
- Summer Reading (Grades K-2)
- Astronomy Printables Gallery
- Seasons Printables Slideshow
- Months, Seasons, & Time Printables Slideshow
- Gallery of DK Digital Books for Earth Science
- Favorite Autumn Activities Slideshow (K-8)
- Favorite Winter Activities Slideshow (Grades K-5)
- Geology Transparencies & Visuals Slideshow
Bulletin Boards
Decorate your bulletin board to portray your love of Earth Science! Here you will find insect patterns, bulletin board examples and more!- Tree Pattern
- Spring Theme Bulletin Board
- Ladybug Pattern
- Insects Bulletin Board
- Let It Snow!
- Insects Bulletin Board Example
- Tree Bulletin Board Example
- Greenhouse Bulletin Board
- Evergreen Tree Bulletin Board for Winter
- Save the Earth Bulletin Board
- An Ecological Bulletin Board
Lesson Plans
Use our lesson plans to help guide your day on insect life cycles, volcanoes, plants, weather and more!- Life Cycle of Butterflies
- Build a Volcano
- How Can You Make a Thermometer?
- Class Garden
- The Sunflower
- Rachel Carson: The Coming of a Silent Spring
- Weather Station
- More Earth Science Lesson Plans
Digital Books
Browse our selection of digital books to increase your and your students' knowledge of Earth Science. Subjects include rain forests, deserts, volcanoes and geology.- Eyewitness: Jungle
- Eyewitness: Water
- Eyewitness: Desert
- Eye Wonder: Volcano
- Eyewitness: Rock & Mineral
- Experience: Volcano
- Eyewitness: Earth
- Eyewitness Expert: Rock & Mineral
- Eye Wonder: Rocks and Minerals
- Eyewitness: Volcano & Earthquake
- E.Guides: Rock and Mineral
- Gallery of DK Digital Books for Earth Science
References
Our references on Earth Science include global warming glossaries, weather terms and much more!Earth Day Activities
April 22 is Earth Day. Use the lessons, printables, and references below to teach your class about our environment and how to preserve our planet.- Earth Day Word Search
- Recycling & Waste Management – Educational Videos & Activities
- Save Our Earth! Alternative Uses for Common Trash
- Environment & Pollution: Matching Worksheet
- Home, Sweet, Home: Animal Habitats
- Recycled Art
- Favorite Classroom Activities for Going Green
- More Earth Day Resources
Art & Earth Science Connected, Grades K-6
Add creativity to your Earth Science lesson by relating it to art! Below you will find art activities relating to pollution, weather, rain forests and more!- What's the Solution to Ocean Pollution?
- In All Kinds of Weather
- Fall Haiku
- Fall Similes
- Rain Forest Art
- Classroom Tree Bulletin Board
- It Happens Every Day
- More Art Activities
Language Arts & Earth Science Connected
Connect Language Arts and Earth Science with our activities below! Use our word searches to enhance vocabulary and our reading warm-ups to introduce lessons.- Soil Erosion Word Search
- Science Reading Warm-Up: Earthquakes
- A Teacher's Guide to An Inconvenient Truth by Al Gore
- Summer Reading (Grades 9-12)
- As Soon As It's Fall Poetry Pack
- Hurricane Katrina Reading Warm-Up
- Rain Forest Vocabulary
- More Language Arts Activities
Math & Earth Science Connected
Teach students the mathematics behind Earth Science with our thermometer activities, word problems, symmetry and more!- Recycling Word Problems
- Our Growing Planet
- How Can You Make a Thermometer?
- The Sunflower
- Baseball Fun
- Tropical Rain Forest Math
- Symmetry in Nature
- More Math Activities
Literature Activities for Earth Science Class
Use our activities below to help students write poems, similes, rhymes and more about what they have learned in Earth Science.- Summer Reading (Grades 9-12)
- Fall Haiku
- Fall Similes
- Fall into Rhyme
- Jan Brett's Winter Books
- Summer Reading List - Pre-K through Primary
- More Literature Activities
Geography Activities for Earth Science Class
Use our Geography activities to teach students about Earth Science around the world.- Ocean Pollution
- Chart of the Water Cycle
- Weather Words
- Wonders of the World Questions
- Map Making, Floor Plans & Map Reading
- Plate Tectonics Test
- Continents of the World
- More Geography Activities
Plant Resources for Earth Science
Focus on the botany branch of Earth Science with our plant resources! Here you will find activities about pollination, ecology, tree patterns and more!- What's Wrong with This Picture?
- What Is Inside a Seed?
- The Sunflower
- Tree Pattern
- Traveling Seeds
- How Do People Use Plants?
- Arbor Day Wordsearch
- More Plant Resources
Ecology Resources for Earth Science
Help students learn more about pollution with our ecology resources! Below you will find word problems, diagrams, recycling advice and more!- Recycling Word Problems
- Food Chain Diagram
- Our Growing Planet
- Which Package Is Better?
- Composting Process
- Preserving the Environment Crossword Puzzle
- Two Habitats
- More Ecology Resources
Environmental Science Resources
Help students understand how they can help our environment with these Environmental Science resources. Included are worksheets on the Greenhouse Effect, overviews of Environmental Science, posters and more!- What Kind of Trash Bag Breaks Down Fastest?
- Global Warming: Greenhouse Effect
- What Causes Air Pollution?
- The Global Environment Outlook: An Overview
- The Ozone Show
- An Inconvenient Truth Classroom Poster
- Global Warming: What Is the Climate System?
- More Environmental Science Resources
Natural Disaster Resources
Natural disasters are a significant part of Earth Science. Help students understand earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and volcanoes with our natural disaster resources.- Earthquakes and Volcanoes
- Frequently Asked Questions about Tsunamis
- Science Reading Warm-Up: Hurricanes
- Disasters – Natural and Unnatural
- 2004 Indian Ocean Tsunami Reading Warm-Up
- What Is the Ring of Fire?
- How Are Volcanoes Classified?
- More Natural Disasters Resources
Geology Activities
Earthquakes, tsunamis, erosions oh, my! Use our geology activities to enhance students' understanding of vocabulary, fossil layers, rock cycles and various other topics!- Earthquakes and Volcanoes
- Soil Erosion Word Search
- Frequently Asked Questions about Tsunamis
- Volcanoes
- A Volcano Wordsearch
- Fossil Layers
- Rock Cycle Match-Up
- More Geology Activities
