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In this worksheet, children discover what plastic is, how it is manufactured, as well as its history and about attempts to reduce plastic waste.

Students read all about seaweed and answer standards-based comprehension questions in this four-page reading comprehension worksheet.

Introduce students to the ecological benefits of terracing with this middle grades science worksheet!

Test your child's knowledge of plant life--more specifically, trees--with this colorful, cut-and-paste tree chart.

Find out how to help the Earth with our Earth Day fill-in-the-blank. With this awesome Earth Day activity, you and your kid can save the planet!

Teach your kids about the importance of preserving freshwater ecosystems with a lake habitat coloring page filled with frogs, turtles, ducks, and dragonflies.

From nature hunts and rock painting to recycled art and poetry writing, these activities combine scientific exploration with arts and crafts projects.

The grizzly bear once roamed across most of North America; now its habitat has shrunk to the northwest. Discover more about the grizzly with this worksheet.

Teaching kids what's recyclable and what's not is more important than ever. Give your kids the recycling lowdown with this activity-packed printable.

Children learn about the environmental activist and women's rights advocate Wangari Maathai. Students will read a biography about the first African woman to win a Nobel Peace Prize and answer nonfiction comprehension questions about the text.

Encourage your child to take a nature walk, using the prompts on this worksheet to write and draw their observations of plants, animals, sounds, and more.

The silverback gorilla is a special animal. This magnificent male is part of an endangered species. Complete this sheet to learn all about this gentle giant.

There are many endangered species all around the world. Read about the Amur leopard and why it's endangered with this information page.

Children will color in a drawing of Earth, then write something they can do to help Earth, in this simple, sweet coloring page and writing prompt. 

Give your students a chance to think critically and practice their writing skills with this engaging writing prompt!

Put proper punctuation into practice with these read-along stories.

Teach your child how to respect the ecosystem with a science worksheet that doubles as a coloring page. Can they identify the sources of pollution in the scene?

Get in tune with nature, and read a bit about an endangered species of animal, the Black-footed Ferret. Your child can color an illustration as he reads.

Meet the red wolf, an endangered species of animal that was once very common, but in the past 50 year nearly became extinct!

Children will complete six pages of prompts designed to celebrate our home planet with this sweet, easy-to-assemble printable.

Whether you say buffalo or bison, it is still the largest land mammal in North America. Discover a bit more about this majestic animal.

In this worksheet, children learn about the role art plays in the celebration and messaging of Earth Day, which begain in 1970 to heighten awarness of environmental crises around the world.