5th - 8th Grade Earth Day Common Core English Language Arts Educational Resources

Students read all about seaweed and answer standards-based comprehension questions in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Take an Earth Day-themed adventure through this figurative language maze!

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

Celebrate Earth Day with an engaging word search activity that reinforces spelling skills!

Introduce students to the ecological benefits of terracing with this middle grades science worksheet!

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

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

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

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.

Learners write an argumentative response with this Earth Day-themed writing prompt about plastic bags. 

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.

Practice argumentative writing with this prompt about making Earth Day a national holiday. 

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

Give your students a chance to think critically and practice their writing skills with this engaging writing prompt!

Practice argumentative writing with this Earth Day-themed prompt about tourism's impact on the environment. 

Learners will write an original song for planet Earth in this fun songwriting prompt.

Celebrate Earth Day while honing spelling skills with this fun and colorful word search activity!

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

Invite learners to get creative with this fun writing prompt featuring mysterious animal tracks!

Celebrate our planet with this Earth Day-themed metaphors maze!

Learn to use present progressive tense as you read about helping the environment!