Environment Printables (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.

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.

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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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

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

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

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• 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

Learn the basics on plastic pollution by answering the clues to these Crossword Puzzles. Topics include why we make plastic, where discarded plastic ends up, what animals are affected, and what people can do to help. A great addition to your Earth Day or water pollution materials.

FREE Bonus Mini Posters:

1. "Plastics in the Ocean" infographic – with images of Orca whales and collected plastic bits from the ocean.
2. "Plastic Waste Washed Up on a Beach" – with a photo of a beach in Hawaii showing waste, and views of precious local wildlife.

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Concepts Explored: environment | reuse | recycle | oceans | wildlife | sea turtle | fish | seabirds | biodegradable | microplastic

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

"In nature, nothing exists alone." – Rachel Carson, 1962. Make the climate change topic come to life for children with this selection of attractive and engaging puzzles.

This set includes:

• "Studying Earth's Climate" Two-page Activity Set – crossword puzzle with facts about polar bears; fill-in puzzle about major weather hazards arising from climate change; color-in puzzle focused the effect of rising sea temperatures on Jellies; and dot-to-dot puzzle that explores the plight of walruses.
• "Studying Climate Conditions" Word search puzzle – Reinforces key vocabulary words introduced in the Activity Set.
• "What is Climate? What is Weather?" Word search puzzle – discusses how climate and weather differ, and offers many vocabulary words that budding scientists need to know!

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Fall is coming to an end. Winter is around the corner and people and animals get ready through a range of activities. This packet explores how families, pets and wild animals adapt to the changes that winter will bring.

This set includes:

• Getting Ready for Winter! Two-Page Activity Set – With themed crossword, maze, match-up, word search and match puzzle.
• Everyone’s Getting Ready for Winter! Word Search Puzzle – 50 words that reinforce the vocabulary used in the Activity Set.
• Things That Fall Puzzle – Explores the concept of gravity through a fun word search and “secret code” fill-in puzzle.
• Reading Log and Certificate Set – Themed set designed to encourage reading accomplishment.

Topics Covered: get ready for winter | winter | fall activities | autumn activities | leaves | gravity | Isaac Newton | math

Animals that dig! From bilbies to aardvarks, and snakes to meerkats – animals that dig are fascinating and fun. Share this lively puzzle set with kids today.

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Includes:

• Two-Page Activity Set – with crossword puzzle that features a range of well-known and exotic animals that dig and burrow; two mystery dot-to-dot puzzles; Cicadas color-in puzzle.
• Word Search Puzzle – with 40 vocabulary words that reinforce names and terms used in the Activity Set

Endangered animals. Children will enjoy learning about the world's endangered animals with this themed Puzzle Set.

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Includes:

• Animals at Risk Two-Page Activity Set – Learn about how the extinction of animals and plants occurs, fill in a crossword with some of today's at-risk animals, find and circle the names of nine extinct animals, and learn about what animal is being affected today by 'colony collapse disorder' by completing a color-in puzzle.

• Working to Protect Animals Word Search Puzzle – Reinforce dozens of vocabulary words found throughout the Two-Page Activity Set by finding and circling them in this word search puzzle.

• Free Bonus - What is Plastic Pollution? Crossword Puzzles – Learn the basics on plastic pollution by answering the clues to these Crossword Puzzles. Topics include why we make plastic, where discarded plastic ends up, what animals are affected, and what people can do to help. A great addition to your Earth Day materials.

• Struggling to Survive Word Search Puzzle – Find and circle the names of dozens of today's at-risk (endangered) animals.

• EXTRA Free Bonus Mini Posters:

1. "Plastics in the Ocean" infographic – with images of Orca whales and collected plastic bits from the ocean.
2. "Plastic Waste Washed Up on a Beach" – with a photo of a beach in Hawaii showing waste, and views of precious local wildlife.

"In nature, nothing exists alone." – Rachel Carson, 1962.

Concepts Explored: Earth Day | environment | reuse | recycle | oceans | wildlife | sea turtle | fish | seabirds | biodegradable | microplastic | endangered | species | at-risk | extinction | extinct | Yangtze giant softshell turtle | dodo bird

Two fall gravity word puzzles and Sir Isaac Newton introduction: Things That Fall Puzzle page, which explores the concept of gravity through a fun word search and “secret code” fill-in puzzle.

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Vocabulary Words Included:

acorns apples comets empires grades hail Humpty Dumpty leaves London Bridge meteors night olives parachutes peaches pears pecans people rain snowflakes stars sweat tears temperatures water balloons

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Children will love learning about birds and how they adapt to their environments with this fact- and vocabulary-packed puzzle set.

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Includes:

• Bird Adaptations Crossword Puzzle – Explores the many ways that birds have adapted physically and behaviorally to their environments (some challenging words, but concepts are clearly explained). Lots of interesting and fun adaptations.
• Bird Adaptations Word Search Puzzle – Reinforces key vocabulary words used in the Bird Adaptations Crossword.
• Bird Beak Adaptations Match-Up Puzzle – Helps kids understand why birds’ beaks are so different in shape and function
• Bird Feet Adaptations Match-Up Puzzle – Similar to the Beaks puzzle, this makes the connection between the shape of different birds’ feet and how birds use them every day to live
• Fun Facts Crossword Puzzle – Surprising details about birds around the world. Kids will love it!

FREE BONUS: Mystery Bird Color-In Puzzle – Kids use colored pencils to bring one of the world’s most colorful birds to life as they learn a few important facts about it