Maxie's Magnificent Guide to... Earth Day  Trees/Forests  Arbor Day Plants Reduce Reuse Recycle   Classroom Gardening   Our Environment Fruits/Veggies Rainforests FREE Clip Art EARTH DAY In ancient India, over 2,003 years ago, as annual public works projects, kings and emperors planted trees along the roads to provide shade for weary travelers. Today, people all over the world are working hard to keep our planet green. Earth Day (sometimes called Earth Week) is a time put aside each year to remind us all how important it is to accomplish this goal. These sites explain why it's so important to keep our planet green, and what we can do to help. Have fun learning about Earth Day! Meet the Greens Explore Recycle City and play the Dumptown Game Dive into Garbage Visit Eddy the Eco Dog   E-Mail Free Planet Pals Webcards Join EcoKids Earth Day Discover Earth Day: Six Simple Things You Can Do to Help! Print or download your free Happy Earth Day Coloring & Activity Book  full of fun things to do and learn. (11 pages) Free book: Order your free copy of Energy Plug by e-mail!  Energy Plug is a wonderful resource guide for K-12 teachers and students that lists low-cost or no-cost energy & conservation resources. (102 pages, 160 entries) Rosa Stewart School has created a program that both celebrates Earth Day and raises money for their school called Litter Bucks! Earth Day Lessons & Activities On Earth Day, paint a pot and plant a seed. For Mother's Day, take it home! Earth Day Earth Day Mini-Units Celebrating Earth Day With Students Earth Day Rhyme Away (recycling) Earth Day Activities   Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Lesson Plans & Activities Power Posse   Recycle, Reuse, Reduce (Leafy activities K-6, teachers guide) Recycling - Math lesson plan Reduce, Recycle, Why Teach Trash and more Recycle, Reuse, Reduce (Unit) Waste Not Want Not Unit (6-8) Recycling Ideas for Teachers Recycling Curriculum (K-6) Reduce, Reuse, Recycle Theme Page (CLN) Recycle Reduce Reuse (42explore) Creative Fun Star Date 2220 on the Starship Destiny Muncher, the Recycling Machine M. Trubble: Mission to Earth Quest of the RingLeaders Toxic Waste River Rafting Game Nature's Recycler Coloring Book   Our Environment Create a classroom job: Environmentalist Job Responsibilities Issue "tickets" to students who litter their work space. To "pay" the ticket, this space must be cleaned up. If it is not, a zero is assigned by the teacher. A "green" act can wipe out this zero. Lesson Plans & Activities The Good Earth Storytellers UNIT (Seagraves) Our Environment UNIT ideas Air Quality Lesson Plans Turning the Tide on Trash UNIT Environment Modules (lessons & activities) The Leafy Greens Lesson Plans Thematic Ecosystems UNIT (6th-grade) Geography Lesson Plans (Climate, Oceans, Deserts, more) Global Warming (Lessons & Links) The Fish Tank (Donn) The EPA's creative collection of truly fun sites OWOW Kids Page (Wetlands, Oceans, Watersheds) On the Trail of the Missing Ozone EnviroFun EPA Explorers Club Index Creative Fun Miss Maggie's Earth Adventures Ace on the Case Helping Our Planet (Bonus.com) E-Mail a Free Ecology Webcard Free Materials! Energy Plug! (K-12 Energy Educational Resources) order by email Free Posters from the EPA (cartoon style) write or call Trees, Forests, Arbor Day Arbor Day Arbor Day (EL) National Arbor Day Foundation Lesson Plans & Activities Smokey the Bear (lessons, games, playlet, activities) Donn The Forestry Special (A Playlet for PK-3, Donn) The Amazon Forest Play Forestry Fun, Smokey the Bear In the Forest Online Story Maker A Tree is Nice (PK-K) lesson Trees (abc) Forestry UNIT plan Temperate Forests Theme Page Tree Puzzle Worksheet Tree Identification Worksheet Just for Kids (trees, plants, insects, corn) Logging and Forests - Links Forest Links & Lessons (Ontario Curriculum) Idaho Forests Kids Page Lots of Fun A Walk in the Woods Explore the Fantastic Forest & Habitats Woodsy Owl - Care for the Land, Lend a Hand Plants Lesson Plans & Activities The Great Plant Escape (shockwave) PLANTS Thematic UNIT   Solve Mysteries with Detective Le Plant! (Great Plant Escape) Plants UNITS (for 5th, 4th, 3rd, 2nd, 1st) Plants (abc) Leaves Alien Invasion! (ecology, plants) Plants & Oxygen: Breathing Easy (grade 2) Spring UNIT (K) Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave (the food web)   Agriculture Lesson Plans & Fun Kids Pages The Food Pyramid & Nutrition Lesson Plans Fruits & Veggies Peanuts Pumpkins Fruits & Vegetables Unit The Great Corn Adventure Jammin with Strawberries (Geographic Study for the Taste Buds) An ancient invention .. Popcorn Classroom Gardening Planting Seeds of Knowledge School Gardening Project The Outdoor Classroom (Gardening, from Black Pine Circle School) Seeds of Change (Smithsonian) Kinder Garden Gardening with Kids (Seagraves) Garden with Insight (free download, simulation) Green Clip Art Earth Day, Arbor Day Clip Art, Games, Free ECards (Enchanted Learning) Earth Day Clip Art (from Kids Domain) Maxie's Free Clip Art Guide Have a great year!   All Rights Reserved Counter start date January 2006     Have a great year!