2nd - 5th Grade Earth Day Worksheets

In this worksheet, children discover what plastic is, how it is manufactured, as well as its history and about attempts to reduce plastic waste.

Invite budding naturalists to sharpen their observation skills with this colorful, printable scavenger hunt.

From nature hunts and rock painting to recycled art and poetry writing, these activities combine scientific exploration with arts and crafts projects.

Find out how to help the Earth with our Earth Day fill-in-the-blank. With this awesome Earth Day activity, you and your kid can save the planet!

Sparks students' creative thinking with this Earth Day-themed reflective writing prompt.

Encourage your child to take a nature walk, using the prompts on this worksheet to write and draw their observations of plants, animals, sounds, and more.

Children learn how the internet travels across the ocean through cables to create a giant, global information network in this engaging, hands-on worksheet.

Teach your kids about the importance of preserving freshwater ecosystems with a lake habitat coloring page filled with frogs, turtles, ducks, and dragonflies.

Inspire creative thinking this Earth Day with a nature-themed reflective writing prompt.

Children match animals to their ecosystems in this life sciences worksheet.

Learn the vocab you need to save the planet with this Earth Day word search! Talk about how these words relate to the planet and make this Earth Day a success.

It's easy being green when you have our Earth Day game for a guide. Just print out this Earth Day game and get ready to score one for the planet.

This Earth Day quiz family and friends with this true or false questionnaire. It's all in good, informative, fun!

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Inspire learners to think and write creatively with this fun writing prompt about an Earth Day discovery!

Got a kid who's crazy for crosswords and the planet? Check out our Earth Day crossword puzzle, full of fun facts about the Earth and its many inhabitants.

Invite students to think creatively—and eco-consciously!—this Earth Day with this writing prompt.

Teach your child how to respect the ecosystem with a science worksheet that doubles as a coloring page. Can they identify the sources of pollution in the scene?

Teaching kids what's recyclable and what's not is more important than ever. Give your kids the recycling lowdown with this activity-packed printable.

Meet the red wolf, an endangered species of animal that was once very common, but in the past 50 year nearly became extinct!

A fun challenge for kids, this Earth Day crossword puzzle is a great way to review facts about the Earth and get a reminder on how to live green.

The silverback gorilla is a special animal. This magnificent male is part of an endangered species. Complete this sheet to learn all about this gentle giant.

How do you make recycled paper? Learn all about the recycling paper process on this informative worksheet.

In this worksheet, children learn about the role art plays in the celebration and messaging of Earth Day, which begain in 1970 to heighten awarness of environmental crises around the world.

Put proper punctuation into practice with these read-along stories.

The grizzly bear once roamed across most of North America; now its habitat has shrunk to the northwest. Discover more about the grizzly with this worksheet.

There are many endangered species all around the world. Read about the Amur leopard and why it's endangered with this information page.

In this introductory tree-diagramming worksheet, young naturalists will unscramble each label to reveal five parts of the tree.

This Earth Day worksheet promotes discussion and cooperative work among kids as they try to fill out this school house grid.

Get in tune with nature, and read a bit about an endangered species of animal, the Black-footed Ferret. Your child can color an illustration as he reads.