Environmental Activities for Students
Browse TeacherVision's library of environmental activities for students, including printables, worksheets, classroom activities, and lesson plans! Perfect for Earth Month and any time of the year.
Environmental Activities for Students & “Green” Resources
Supplement outdated science textbooks with our environmental activities for students. These activities and guides will encourage your students to live a “greener” lifestyle, at home and school.
Why Teach Students Environmental Awareness?
By teaching children at a young age to be environmentally aware, you are building lifelong habits that could potentially make a dramatic difference in the future of the earth.
What’s Included in These Environmental Activities for Students?
TeacherVision’s environmental activities for students include methods for reducing waste and trash, information about product consumption, recycling tips, facts about pollution and its effects on the environment, global warming statistics, worksheets on different ecosystems, and plenty of projects for students to complete inside and outside the classroom.
Reducing Trash, Litter & Waste
Choose from these resources to teach students ways to help the environment. Included are printables to create alternatives to cleaning up the environment, learning about landfills, and a fun detective activity.- Save Our Earth! Alternative Uses for Common Trash
- Trash & Climate Change
- Waste Reduction Unit: Activities on Solid & Hazardous Waste
- Landfill & Combustion Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom
- Case of the Broken Loop
- Composting Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom
- Favorite Classroom Activities for Going Green
- Green Classroom Practices That Save Money
- More Resources on Waste, Litter & Trash
Recycling Tips & Tricks
Use these resources to enhance students' knowledge about recycling through reading passages, a study guide, and coloring book.- Recycling Facts
- The "Three Rs": Reduce, Reuse, & Recycle
- Recycling Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom
- Reusing & Recycling Reduces Waste: Environment Activities for the Classroom
- Recycling Study Guide
- Coloring Packet: Reusing an Old Jar
- More Resources on Recycling
Minimizing Pollution
Enhance students' comprehension about air pollution by using these resources. Included is a vocabulary printable, creating a wanted poster, along with enrichment and hands on activities.Resource Consumption
Expand your lessons on the environment by using these on Resource Consumption. Students research natural resources and map their locations, fill in a graphic organizer with ways to help the environment, along with other activities.- Buy Nothing Day
- Dr. Seuss and Resource Use: Featuring The Lorax
- Source Reduction Unit: Environment Activities for the Classroom
- Sources of Resources
- Products Unit: Activities on the Product Life Cycle & Use
- Ways to Help the Environment
- Green Living Quiz: Environmental Resources
Protecting Ecosystems
These resources will extend student learning. Lessons include home projects, role playing, and a nature walk to collect information about ecosystems.- Surviving in the Environment: Family Activity
- Living Things and Their Environments: Vocabulary
- An Ecosystem Escapade
- How Many People Does It Take to Ruin an Ecosystem?
- Nature Romp
- More Ecosystems Resources
Making Your School a Greener Place
Get your students involved! These resources include lessons on doing things to make a difference at school, eating a waste-free lunch, and establishing a club with environment-impacting activities.- Make a Difference in Your School
- Join the Planet Protectors Club!
- Waste-Free Lunch
- Planet Protectors Calendar of Activities
- Environment Glossary
Environmental Science
Choose from these resources to expand students' learning about the environment. Activities include printables, quizzes, and thought-provoking questions.- Green Living Quiz: Global Warming
- What Are Local Climates?
- Green Living Quiz: Famous Environmentalists
- More Environmental Science Teacher Resources
