Earth Day 2015
Classroom Resources brought to you by KET
As always, if you have any questions, or need additional assistance, please contact your KET Education Consultant.
Activity: Let's Take a Walk | Daniel Tiger's Neighborhood
PBS LearningMedia.
Grades PreK-K.
Start Each Day With a Song: Can It! Save the Planet!
Start Each Day With a Song: Can It! Save the Planet. This song, which is especially relevant to Earth Day, is about recycling and its importance for the future.
Discovery Education.
Grades K-2.
Environment: A Tale of Two Soup Cans
Environment: A Tale of Two Soup Cans. In this MARTHA SPEAKS interactive story, students learn how the choices we make about our trash have different consequences for our environment. A discarded soup can can end up in a landfill, whereas a reused or recycled can could become something new! When used as a part of Martha’s True Stories Buddies Program, buddy pairs engage with the interactive story, then create an Advice Column that offers ways to reuse, repurpose, or compost old things.
PBS LearningMedia.
Grades K-5.
Riverbanks Zoo and Garden Roundup: Green Animals
Discovery Education.
Grades K-8.
Go Plant a Tree
Go Plant a Tree. In this video from PLUM LANDING, Lucy and her friends plant trees with the city arborist. They talk about how trees provide food and shelter for animals. They also discuss how trees help the environment by taking in carbon dioxide from the air and producing oxygen.
PBS LearningMedia.
Grades 1-4.
Earth Day and Arbor Day | U.S. Department of State
Earth Day and Arbor Day | U.S. Department of State. Both Arbor Day and Earth Day focus on the environment. Here we discuss environmental awareness in America. National Arbor Day is the last Friday in April and Earth Day is April 22.
PBS LearningMedia.
Grades 2-6.
Nature Works Everywhere
PBS LearningMedia.
Grades 2-12.
Think Garden
PBS LearningMedia.
Grades 3-5.
The Magic School Bus: In the Rain Forest
Discovery Education.
Grades 3-5.
Earth Day Board Builder
Discovery Education.
Grades 3-6.
Eco Electronics
PBS LearningMedia.
Grades 5-12.
Elliott Hundley: Recycling and Reinventing | Art in the 21st Century: "Secrets"
Elliott Hundley: Recycling and Reinventing | Art in the 21st Century: "Secrets". Elliott Hundley's artwork is always changing, and in this clip he demonstrates how to use something old to create something new through the medium of collage. Hundley draws inspiration from diverse sources, such as photography, traditional Japanese paintings, and recycled materials. In this clip, the artist talks about the process of creating his collages, which often feature leftover scraps from a previous work. Hundley demonstrates that collage is an art form that anyone can practice with enough imagination and experimentation.
PBS LearningMedia.
Grades 6-12.
Earth Days: The First Earth Day
PBS LearningMedia.
Grades 6-13+.
Wangari Maathai, Nobel Laureate, on Planting Trees and Protecting Forests
PBS LearningMedia.
Grades 7-13+.