Check out my New York Times post, Ideas for English-Language Learners | Earth Day and the Environment.
Earth Day, a time to recognize and celebrate environmental awareness, is on April 22nd. I thought it might be useful to have a “The Best…” list for that day.
This list isn’t very long since a previous list, The Best Sites To Introduce Environmental Issues Into The Classroom, really has the best environmental-related resources.
You might also be interested in:
The Best Online Carbon Calculators
The Best Sites To Learn About Climate Change
The Best Sites To Learn About “Earth Hour”
The Best Sites To Introduce Environmental Issues Into The Classroom
The Best Resources For World Environment Day
In order to make this list, of course, sites had to accessible to English Language Learners.
Here are my picks for The Best Earth Day Sites (not in any order of preference):
The History Channel has a nice Earth Day feature.
ESL Holiday Lessons provides audio support for the text in its Earth Day Lesson. It includes this interactive sequencing activity.
Earth Day 2009 is a series of photos from the Boston Globe’s The Big Picture.
You can send Earth Day eCards (you can post links to them on a teacher or student website) from Blue Mountain.
PBS has an Earth Day across America slideshow.
Ten Ways to ‘Go Green’ and Mark Earth Day comes from The New York Times Learning Network.
Earth Day 2010 is from the Big Picture.
Gearing up for Earth Day is a Washington Post slideshow.
Celebrating Earth Day across the world is another Washington Post slideshow.
Earth Day 2012 is a photo gallery from the Boston Globe.
Earth Day and All Days: 10 Ways to Learn About the Environment is from The New York Times Learning Network..
Images of Earth From Above is a photo gallery from The Atlantic.
Quote Of The Day: Lessons For Earth Day
Earth Day 2013: Lesson Plans, Reading Lists and Classroom Ideas is from Edutopia.
Five-Minute Film Festival: Earth Day is also from Edutopia.
Earth Day graphic produced by the Kars4Kids car donation program “Responsible vehicle recycling for future generations.
The Environment’s New Math: How to Look at Earth Day, by the Numbers is from The Atlantic.
ELL Ideas: Learning About the Environment is from Colorin Colorado.
Earth Day 2014: Lesson Plans, Reading Lists, and Classroom Ideas is from Edutopia.
Your Earth Day Guide to Saving the World is from The Atlantic.
Earth Day 2014 is a photo gallery from The Boston Globe.
Let’s Celebrate Earth Day with Some Gorgeous Photos from NASA is from The Atlantic.
Earth Day 45 is a photo gallery from The Atlantic.
Earth Day 2016 is from The Boston Globe.
Happy #EarthDay! We’re celebrating with a look at America’s protected areas https://t.co/lLP944doX5 #StoryMap #Environment pic.twitter.com/qkmA8VxVCd
— Esri (@Esri) April 22, 2017
7 things we’ve learned about Earth since the last Earth Day https://t.co/I5Xd1ZO6Lt
— Vox (@voxdotcom) April 22, 2017
The March for Science on Earth Day, explained: https://t.co/IepEFSWt5i
— Vox (@voxdotcom) April 22, 2017
80 beautiful photos from around the world on Earth Day is from USA Today.
48 Environmental Victories Since the First Earth Day is from National Geographic.
I also have an #ELL intermediate level jigsaw on global warming teachers are welcome to use. They can find it here: https://t.co/q7I2ZRNd8D
— Nancy Callan (@esljigsaws) April 19, 2019
TED-Ed is creating a thirty day “Earth School” with daily lessons. Here’s a video about it:
FIFTY THINGS WE’VE LEARNED ABOUT THE EARTH SINCE THE FIRST EARTH DAY is from Smithsonian Magazine.
Earth Day 50 is from The Atlantic.
In this lesson, students will learn about the impact and legacy of #EarthDay, and consider the changes they would like to see in the next half-century.https://t.co/jYYpnRvW12
— NYT Learning Network (@NYTimesLearning) April 23, 2020
Google has some Earth Day lessons.
As always, feedback is welcome.
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great list, and a date that I’ll never forget (my sons birthday!) tweeting and stumbling.
Mr. Ferlazzo,
I really enjoyed reading the infroamtion on this site. I visited starfall.com “Everyday is Earthday” and enjoyed it also. I will make sure I will use this wesite in the classroom when discussing earthday.
Thank you for the great sites on Earth Day. My students are taking part in the Earth Day Groceries Project. http://www.earthdaybags.org/
Wow Larry ! You’ve done it again. I passed on the recent list you sent to the Tech Mentor listserv to the whole ESL Department at CCSF.
Thanks, as always, for finding such great stuff and sharing it !!!
Diane
Thanks for the list, I’ll be checking out some of these sites!
I’ve posted an Earth Day Challenge on my blog, so if anyone is interested in joining, come on over and post your plans for celebrating Earth Day with your family! I have a toddler, but all ages are welcome!
http://paintingpinkpajamas.blogspot.com/2009/04/celebrating-earth-day-with-toddler.html
Thanks for another great tip, Larry! Came here, browsed for a couple of minutes, and produced a great post for my teen students: http://www.pageflakes.com/gladysbaya/14549284 (2nd blog on the right-hand side).
Thanks a million!!!!
Gladys
I love Earth Day! I once had my four children (they were ages 8-16 at the time) clean up a section of a main street in our neighborhood. They were humiliated, but the street looked so nice after we were finished. SkylarKD’s challenge is full of wonderful ideas. Being a responsible citizen should start at a young age and can be incorporated in any classroom.
Larry, thanks for all the great tips and ideas. I look forward to my e-mails!
Thanks for all these wonderful resources! Super for my students!
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Check it out! The eBook kindle version will be released and offered for FREE on Earth Day! It’s called:
Three Sisters: A tale of Survival
Thank you Larry! This is a wonderful list of Earth Day gems. I really appreciate all the little nuggets I can share with my kids.