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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.

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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.

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.

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.

Google has some Earth Day lessons.

https://larryferlazzo.edublogs.org/2023/04/24/quote-of-the-day-from-abbott-elementary-no-such-thing-as-problem-students/

As always, feedback is welcome.

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