Environment Resources (by date, oldest first)

Caring for ourselves, others, and our planet is important work.

Learn important yoga and mindfulness activities and concepts to embody kindness in many ways.

Download the free printable acts of kindness tree to do the attached activity: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1GN1LRGYmCPF7lKmZHzy7kfZKf-YoYvIA/view?usp=sharing

Practice yoga poses, breathing, and mindfulness activities, conceptualize and practice caring for others and the planet, and most importantly, extend love to yourself.

In this lesson, students learn interesting facts about environmental science and the work of Rachel Carson as they complete several projects including a WebQuest (Internet Scavenger Hunt) to answer questions about the topic.    A complete answer key is provided for the WebQuest for easy grading, along with resources for both teachers and students.  The student questions are included in both a print version and a digital (editable) version to make it easy for students to complete the lesson digitally or on paper.  Also included with this lesson is a word search puzzle which is perfect for early finishers or as a part of the lesson. 

This lesson is intended to be an introduction to the topic and was designed for middle school (grades 6-8) but could be used in high school as well.  This lesson could be used in a science, history or technology class and is appropriate for Earth Day.  It is also a great lesson to leave for a substitute teacher!

This lesson is great for distance learning/remote learning. You can upload it to your school's learning management system (Google Classroom, Edmodo, Canvas, etc.) or share with students via Google Drive.

Files included:

· Teacher & Student Resources

· Environmental Science & The Work of Rachel Carson WebQuest Activity (print and editable digital files included)

· Environmental Science & The Work of Rachel Carson WebQuest Answer Key

· Word Search Puzzle – Environmental Science & The Work of Rachel Carson (includes answer key)

Approximate Lesson Duration:

· WebQuest - 1 (50 minute) class period

· Word Search Puzzle – 20-30 minutes

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This packet focuses on learning about the different kinds of animals that live in the grasslands. Included are writing pages, project instructions, center activities and wall posters. It can be a simple packet for talking about the animals in general or you can go further by learning about the animals in the tropical grasslands vs. the temperate grasslands as well as learning which ones live in the African Savanna or the American Prairie/Great Plains. Table of Contents Pages 3-5 – These pages are a sorting activity where students can sort the animals according to whether they are in a tropical grassland or in a temperate grassland. They can also sort animals to whether they live in the African Savanna or the American Prairie/Great Plains. Pages 6-17 – The pages are for drawing pictures of different kinds of grasslands and drawing animals that live there. Student will write the names for the animals they draw. There are pages for grasslands, tropical grasslands, temperate grasslands, the African Savanna, the American Prairie and the Great Plains. Each type of grassland has 2 pages with different writing lines. Pages 18-23 – These are poster pages for each type of grassland and the animals that live there. There are poster pages for grasslands, tropical grasslands, temperate grasslands, the African Savanna, the American Prairie and the Great Plains. Pages 24-29 – These are clip cards for telling whether the animals live in the African Savanna or the American Prairie. Cards are included with and without the animal names. Pages 30-35 – These are clip cards for telling whether the animals live in the African Savanna or the Great Plains. Cards are included with and without the animal names. Pages 36-41 – These are clip cards for telling whether the animals live in the tropical grassland or the temperate grassland. Cards are included with and without the animal names. Page 42 – This is a memory/concentration game. Print this sheet twice and cut them out to make the game! Pages 43-50 – Available in color and in black and white, these are Grassland picture cards. They can be used with page 40/41 as sorting mats or you can hang them for reference in your room. You can also combine these from other sets to create a habitat book. Pages 51-52 – Available in color and in black and white, they are small animal cards to use to sort on the grassland mats. Pages 53-55 - Instructions and templates for Grassland project. Pages 56-63 – True or False Task Cards: Print on Card stock and laminate. Have students circle whether what the cards say are true or false. Available in color and black and white. Has Answer Key!

Practice sorting natural vs. man made resources in this great science activity! This can go great in a morning tub or a science center.

Other Science Sorting Activities:

Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Living and Nonliving Things

Needs and Wants

Practice sorting solids, liquids and gases in this great science activity! There are 2 sets of sorting mats for each solid, liquid and gas for students to sort on.

When and how to use:

• Morning Tub Activity
• Science Center Activity
• Quick Assessment

Other Science Sorting Activities:

Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources

Living and Nonliving Things

Needs and Wants

This packet focuses on learning about the different kinds of animals that live in the rain forest. It will make a great supplement for any rain forest unit! It can be a simple packet for talking about the animals in general or you can go further by learning about the animals in the Amazon vs. the African Jungle.

Pages 3-5 – These pages are for sorting animals for the African Jungle and the Amazon rain forest. Combine these sorting cards with other sets to sort between different habitats.

Pages 6-13 – The pages are for drawing pictures of different kinds of rain forest and drawing animals that live there. Student will write the names for the animals they draw. There are pages for the tropical rain forests, the jungle, the African Jungle and the Amazon. Each type of rain forest has 2 pages with different writing lines.

Pages 14-21 – These are poster pages for each type of rain forest. There is a set of posters that include the animal names and a set that do not.

Pages 22-27 – These are clip cards for telling whether the animals live in the African Jungle or the Amazon. Cards are included with and without the animal names.

Page 28 – This is a memory/concentration game. Print this sheet twice and cut them out to make the game!

Pages 29-32 – Available in color and in black and white, these are rain forest picture cards. They can be used with page 33/34 as sorting mats or you can hang them for reference in your room. You can also combine these from other sets to create a habitat book.

Pages 33-34 – Available in color and in black and white, they are small animal cards to use to sort on the rain forest mats.

Pages 35-42 – True and False task cards with answer sheet and answer key.

Pages 43 – Non-fiction informative story

Page 44-45 – Instructions for a rain forest habitat box.

This packet provides activities and centers about the different kinds of animals and trees that live in the forest. It can be a simple packet for talking about the animals and plants in general or you can go further by learning about the plants in the coniferous forest verses the plants that live in the deciduous forest. Pages 3-5 – These pages are a sorting activity where students can sort the animals and plants according to whether they are in a deciduous forest or a coniferous forest. Combine this sorting set with those from other Habitat sets for more sorting options. Pages 6-13 – The pages are for drawing pictures of different kinds of forests and drawing animals that live there. Student will write the names for the animals they draw. There are pages for forests, woodlands, the Amazon and the African jungle. Each type of forest has 2 pages with different writing lines. Pages 14-19 – These are poster pages for each type of forest and the plants and animals that live there. Pages 20-23 – These are clip cards for telling whether the animals live in the woodlands or the rain forest. The cards are available with and without the animal names Page 24 – This is a memory/concentration game. Print this sheet twice and cut them out to make the game! Pages 25-32 – Available in color and in black and white, these are forest picture cards. You can use these to hang around the room for reference or combine them with other Habitat sets to make sorting mats. You can also combine these from other sets to create a habitat book. Pages 33-34 – Available in color and in black and white, they are small animal cards to use to sort on the forest mats. Pages 35-36 – Clip Cards where you clip whether the tree or parts of trees are found in a coniferous forest or a deciduous forest. Page 37 – Owl Crafts Page 38 – Factual Reading Page and Simple coloring activity. Page 39 – Deciduous and Coniferous Forest page: Color the pictures that are found in the deciduous forest yellow and in the coniferous forest green. Pages 40-47 – True and False Task cards with recording page and answer key.

Practice sorting recyclable pictures by plastic, glass, metal and paper in this fun sorting activity. This can go great in a morning tub or a science center. Other Science Sorting Activities: Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources Living and Nonliving Things Needs and Wants

These science sorts are perfect for a quick assessment or for letting students use in a science center.

The following sorts are available in this packet:

• Animal Classifications
• Animal Features
• Animal Habitats
• Carnivores and Herbivores
• Living and Nonliving Things
• Man Made and Natural Resources
• Needs and Wants
• Nocturnal and Diurnal Animals
• Recycling
• Renewable and Nonrenewable Resources
• Solids, Liquids and Gases
• The Plants We Eat

This water log chart activity to designed to help students think about the question "how much water do I use?" and discover their weekly water use.

Students record how many times they participate in different water using activities. They then multiply this number by the average amount of water used to understand their weekly water consumption. These average use values are given to the student and already included in the chart.

Comes with a metric version (liters) and a standard version (gallons) as well as a teacher explanation.

Distance learning?

• No problem! This activity now includes Google Slides option! Ready to go, no prep needed from you!

Two Forms of Use Included

1. Printable PDF
2. Google Slides

Winter weather is coming. People and animals have many jobs to do to be ready before winter weather sets in. And, once prepared, we get to enjoy the winter season and all the changes it brings. This set includes:

• Getting Ready For Winter Two-Page Activity Set
• Getting Ready Word Search Puzzle – reinforces key vocabulary from Activity Set
• Winter Wonderland (Activities, Penguins, and Festivals) Two-Page Activity Set
• Wonderful Wintry Season Word Search Puzzle – reinforces key vocabulary from Activity Set
• Winter Rhyming Words Crossword Puzzle
• Winter Reading Log & Certificate

Concepts Explored: getting ready for winter | fall | autumn | animal behavior | hibernation | wildlife | migration | January | February | hibernating | skiing | snowboard | snowflakes | penguin | penguins | polar bears | winter festival | rhyming | rhymes | rhyme | winter words | winter vocabulary | hockey

Environment and Earth Day. Learn many new words related to the environment, recycling, and renewable energy with this Word Search Puzzle! This puzzle has a special additional section where you match words to their correct definition.

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Keywords: vocabulary | environmental vocabulary

Reduce, reuse, recycle! Enjoy an Earth Day-themed Two-Page Activity Set and Word Search Puzzle with this fun, educational set! Includes:

• Two-Page Activity Set – with crossword about what kids can do to preserve the environment; second crossword about what schools are doing to conserve energy and reduce waste; introduction to hybrid and electric cars with True/False mini-quiz; recycling color-in.
• Word Search and Match-Up Combo Puzzle – Reinforces vocabulary and concepts from the Activity Set
• Bonus: Earth Day Reading Log and Certificate Set

Concepts Explored: sustainability, the environment, recycling, conservation and ecology, hybrid cars, electric cars, reuse, recycle, reduce, single stream recycling

Kids will love diving into this exciting Habitats puzzle set: with its swamps, bogs, wetlands and, of course, alligators and crocodiles!

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Includes:

• Two-Page Activity Set – crossword with wetlands facts; Okefenokee facts fill-in puzzle; dot-to-dot puzzle; Everglades secret-message color-in.

• Vocabulary Word Search Puzzle – reinforces key wetlands and swamps vocabulary words used in the Activity Set.

• Wetlands Creatures & Plants Word Search Puzzle – with the names of 40 animals, plants and insects that live in these habitats.

• Alligators and Crocodiles Double Crossword – one explores what these reptiles have in common, and the other clarifies how they differ.

• Alligators and Crocodiles Venn Diagram – challenges kids to sort through differences between these very similar reptiles, using a supplied word bank.

• FREE BONUS: Wetlands-themed reading log and certificate set

Learn the common names of 50 different birds by finding and circling them in this Word Search Puzzle!

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Concepts Explored: bird | birds | ornithology | zoology | environmental science

Ocean animals and creatures of the seas are so fascinating. Students will have fun learning about the many animals of the oceans and seas with this engaging puzzle set. Includes:

• Two-Page Activity Set – with sea life facts and crossword puzzle, mini word search and maze, dot-to-dot puzzle with deep ocean animal fill-in puzzles
• Vocabulary-rich word search – reinforces key vocabulary words from the Activity Set
• FREE BONUS 1 – Consonant Blends Word Search (Scribbling, Squirting Squid)
• FREE BONUS 2 – Squid Reading Log and Certificate Set

Topics explored: Ocean | sea life | squid | octopus | jellies | jelly fish | jellyfish | sea creatures | marine life | science | stingray | pufferfish | seahorse |

Halloween Time! Bats are mysterious, fascinating and a bit scary. So, kids will love to learn more about them and to see how they live.

This packet of resources includes:

• Two-page Activity Set (Batty About Bats): with large crossword about characteristics of bats; idioms that relate to bats; second crossword about bat echolocation; fill-in puzzle about the benefits of bats; and true-false puzzle with bat facts.
• Word Search Puzzle – with 40 vocabulary words that reinforce words used in the Activity Set

FREE BONUSES

• Bat Life Cycle Poster – with original drawings and explanations
• Bat Ultrasound Poster – with graph and explanation of how bats "see" with sound
• Bat Flight Poster – with photos of Carlsbad Caverns, NM, and the amazing nightly bat flight
• Cavern and Bat Poster – with photos and original art (featuring Luray Caverns, VA)
• Famous Bats Poster – featuring the Vampire Bat and Golden-Crowned Flying Fox
• How Bats Help Humans Photo – intended for sharing on a screen (it is a very dark photo, so it might be difficult to print), this shows a bat pollinating a plant in the desert, a beautiful photo of nature

Children will gain a greater understanding of society's energy sources, and the good habits of recycling and reducing waste with this concise pack of fun puzzles.

Pack includes:

• Two-page Activity Set – with a crossword that explains energy-related terms; a
  match-up that suggests ways to reduce energy use; a fill-in that suggests ways to
  reuse items; and a word search that covers household items that can be recycled.
• Word Search Puzzle – reinforces 40 vocabulary words used in the Activity Set

Concepts covered include: energy, fossil fuels, renewables, gas, geothermal, hydrogen cells, nuclear, solar and wind power; energy use reduction; and waste reduction and reuse.

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Teach about fun features and animals of our National Park system with these fun bookmark puzzles!

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Concepts Explored: National Parks | National Park | bookmarks | Denali | Yellowstone | Old Faithful

Invertebrates of the oceans and seas! Students will enjoy learning about the class of ocean animals called ocean invertebrates with this fun and engaging puzzle set.

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Includes:

• Two-Page Activity Set – with large crossword puzzle, fill-in puzzles, dot-to-dot puzzle, color-in puzzle and maze
• Vocabulary-rich word search – reinforces key vocabulary words from the Activity Set
• FREE BONUS – Squid Reading Log and Certificate Set

Topics explored: Ocean invertebrates | invertebrates | squid | octopus | jellies | jelly fish | jellyfish | sea creatures | marine life | science | sea life