Celebrating Earth Day in the classroom

Promote discussion about Earth Day in the primary and secondary classroom with these inspiration guides, assemblies and activity ideas

Tes Resources Team

Earth Day writing marked on a calendar 22 April

Innovative activities and lesson ideas to prompt thoughtful discussion about Earth Day

Taking place on 22 April every year, Earth Day is a worldwide movement that offers an ideal opportunity to get students thinking about their environmental footprint both in and outside of the classroom, and this year the theme is 'Our Power, Our Planet'. So, to help you to engage your learners, we've hand-picked a selection of lessons and activity ideas on the environment.

Earth Day activities and resources

Earth Day Escape Room - April- Fun Facts- Recycle - Print and go!
Think Tank

Earth Day Escape Room - April- Fun Facts- Recycle - Print and go!

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The Earth Day Escape Room will take students on a secret mission around the classroom! This escape room has students decode fun and interesting facts about Earth Day. The Earth Day Escape Room has students walking around the classroom breaking codes. Students are given a secret code name and sent...
Earth Day 2026
Krazikas

Earth Day 2026

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This resource contains a fully editable, 40-slide PowerPoint presentation on Earth Day. You may also be interested in: **[Earth Day 125-Slide Presentation](https://www.tes.com/teaching-resource/earth-day-lesson-assembly-presentation-70-slides-11540943)** This is a fully editable and inform...
Earth Day Assembly (PowerPoint + Notes)
MrsRosieTeach

Earth Day Assembly (PowerPoint + Notes)

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**Earth Day Assembly (PowerPoint + Notes)** Suitable for Primary School This high-quality resource includes an 11-slide PowerPoint that is accompanied by speaker notes (357 words). The PowerPoint and speaker notes can be used for an Earth Day assembly which is on 22nd April every year. The asse...
World Earth Day | The Lorax | Dr. Seuss
HarperCollins Children's Books

World Earth Day | The Lorax | Dr. Seuss

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This year, World Earth Day (22nd April 2018), is all about telling people to end plastic pollution. The way people make and later get rid of plastic items is bad for the environment. Lots of plastic items are made from petroleum which is believed to contribute towards climate change. Many companie...