Less than $5 6th Grade Earth Day Lesson (by date, latest first)

What is Earth Day?

Earth Day is an annual event celebrated worldwide to demonstrate support for environmental protection. It serves as a reminder of our responsibility to safeguard our planet for future generations.

Why do we celebrate Earth Day?

Earth Day is celebrated to raise awareness about environmental issues such as pollution, deforestation, climate change, and endangered species. It encourages individuals, communities, and governments to take action to preserve and protect the Earth’s natural resources.

Why is Earth Day important?

Earth Day is crucial because it brings people together to advocate for sustainable practices and policies. By promoting environmental awareness and activism, Earth Day plays a vital role in inspiring positive change and fostering a deeper connection between humanity and the planet.

This 90-minute lesson plan will help you teach your A1-A2 students basic facts about Earth Day in a very communicative way. The video 'What Is Earth Day?' is used throughout. There are many activities designed especially for levels A1-A2, and the answers are provided at the end.

15 critical thinking group or individual Earth Day debates, discussions, and writing prompts. Includes visually stimulating graphics and thought provoking prompts, such as:

Earth's changes over the years

Alternative energy

Barren neighborhoods

Create a timeline

Compare and Contrast

Global Warming

Environmental Pollution

Invitation for Earth Day Celebration

Newspaper Advertisement writing for Earth Advocate

Water conservation

and more...

Excellent for assessment purposes or stimulating debates and discussions on Earth Day issues.

Our 6th Grade Earth & Space Science Reading Comprehension Passages solve the challenge of making complex scientific topics engaging and accessible for students. Featuring topics like The Restless Continents, Carving Out the Grand Canyon, Layers of the Sky, and Cosmic Mysteries, this resource helps students explore Earth and space while strengthening their reading comprehension skills. Each passage is paired with thought-provoking questions to enhance critical thinking, making it ideal for both classroom and home learning.

What is included :

- Passages & Questions

• The Restless Continents
• Carving Out the Grand Canyon
• Set in Stone
• A Watery Landscape
• Layers of the Sky
• A sky Full of Lights
• Soaring Through Space
• Shrinking Pluto
• Cosmic Mysteries.

- Comprehension question

- Review

- Answers key

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Looking for an interactive activity for Earth Day? This activity and worksheet takes the students on a tour of numerous ecosystems using Google's 3D Expeditions. It can be self-paced with students answering questions along the way or teacher-led with you in the front acting as the tour guide. Perfect for a sub plans or a last minute Earth Day lesson plan.

This activity includes...

• Teacher notes and instructions
• Brief history of Earth Day
• Suggested activities for students to do at home for Earth Day
• Student worksheet featuring instructions and 24 short answer questions
• Bonus activity at the end

Tennessee State Standards

• 6.LS2.1: Evaluate and communicate the impact of environmental variables on population size.
• 6.LS2.4: Using evidence from climate data, draw conclusions about the patterns of abiotic and biotic factors in different biomes.
• 6.LS2.6: Research the ways in which an ecosystem has changed over time in response to changes in physical conditions, population balances, human interactions, and natural catastrophes.
• 6.LS4.1: Explain how changes in biodiversity would impact ecosystem stability and natural resources.

NGSS - Middle School

• MS-LS2-1: Analyze and interpret data to provide evidence for the effects of resource availability on organisms and populations of organisms in an ecosystem.
• MS-LS2-3: Develop a model to describe the cycling of matter and flow of energy among living and nonliving parts of an ecosystem.
• MS-LS2-4: Construct an argument supported by empirical evidence that changes to physical or biological components of an ecosystem affect populations.