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Celebrate the 50th Anniversary
of Earth Day with EPA
This year, April 22nd marks the 50th anniversary of Earth Day, a day
celebrated by millions of people across the world. Since the first
Earth Day in 1970, the United States has made tremendous progress
improving air quality, cleaning up contaminated lands, and protecting
our water resources. As part of that progress, EPA is working hard
to ensure all Americans have a clean, healthy environment and a more
prosperous future.
EPA remains committed to protecting human health and the environment as we continue to adjust to the
evolving COVID-19 pandemic. While many of us are staying safe at home this Earth Day, we wanted to
share some of our environmental information and educational resources for remote learning. Please feel
free to share these resources with others. Have a happy and safe Earth Day!
Environmental Education Resources
All About EPA: How Does History of EPA Research
EPA Protect the Environment
Activity Book From the start,
EPA researchers
Learn the basics about how and partners have
EPA protects our health and provided the data,
environment. knowledge, and tools
All ages needed to tackle the most pressing environmental
and related health challenges the nation has
Type of Resource: Book
faced. On our History of EPA Research webpage,
you’ll find links to milestones and other resources
Recycle City grouped by research area.
Explore Recycle City to All ages
learn how its residents
Type of Resource: Webpage
reduce waste, use less
energy, and even save
money by doing simple Endangered Species: Save
things at home, at work, Our Species Coloring Book
and in their neighborhoods.
Did you know that EPA works
All ages to ensure that pesticides
Type of resource: Website/app can be used safely without
impacting our country’s
endangered plants and
Join the Lorax and Help Protect the Environment
animals? Our endangered
Have you met the Lorax? species coloring book
Play games and solve introduces you to the different
puzzles with some familiar types of species EPA’s
friends. pesticides program works to protect.
All ages All ages
Type of resource: Website/app Type of resource: Coloring book
Join Our Pest Patrol: Water Sense Resources
Backyard Activity Book
Check out these resources
Summer is right around the for educating students
corner, which means fun about water efficiency.
outside… and mosquitos. Grades: K-8
As you think about the best Type of resource: Lesson
way to deal with pests in your plan
garden or lawn, you may want
to consider integrated pest
Why is Coco Orange?
management (IPM). Under
“IPM”, your pesticide choices Coco has a problem. He
are informed by an effective and environmentally is a chameleon, but he
sensitive approach to pest management that relies cannot change colors,
on a combination of common-sense practices, and his asthma is acting
using pesticides only as needed. Our backyard up. Read how Coco and
activity book is full of fun activities that teach his friends at Lizard Lick
students about pest identity, biology and ecology. Elementary solve this
It also helps students understand the impact that mystery as they learn about air quality and how to
personal choices can have on our environment. stay healthy when the air quality is bad
All ages Grades: Pre-K-2
Type of resource: Activity book Type of Resource: Book
EPA’s Bird’s Eye View Lesson Plan
EnviroAtlas
Education Using the provided template,
Materials you and your child(ren) will
make a flock of paper birds to
Explore learn about air pollution in this
free educational resources for your remote fun, crafty science experiment.
or at-home learners from EPA’s EnviroAtlas.
Grades: K-5
EnviroAtlas provides geospatial data, easy-to-
use tools, and other resources to understand Type of resource: Lesson plan
ecosystem services and their connection to human
health. The hands-on K-12+ educational resources Kid’s Air Quality Index Games
leverage EnviroAtlas tools and include mini lessons
(30 mins or less) about ecosystem services, Play fun
outdoor activities and web-based interactive computer
mapping. Available educational modules align games (or
with state science standards and next generation printed-out
science standards and include options for version) to
adaptions. learn about
Grades: K–12, undergraduate the air quality
index and air
Type of resource: Web based activities (including pollution.
offline activities)
Grades: K-5
Type of resource: Games
Wood Smoke Activity Book Be Sun Smart
Children can read the story Moving outside, this lesson
about best burning practices, explores how we both need
color the pictures, and do the sun and need to protect
the activities included in this ourselves from its rays. A
activity book. Sunwise activity book is also
Grades: K-5 available to download and print.
Type of resource: Printable coloring and activity book Grades: 5-8
Type of resource: Lesson plan
and activity book
Acid Rain Students Site
A comprehensive site Breathing Easy
for kids to learn about
what acid rain is, where This lesson looks at our homes
it comes from, why it’s and the steps to take to keep the
harmful, and what has air healthy and avoid chemical
been and continues to be exposure.
done to prevent it. Grades: 5-8
Grades: K-8 Type of resource: Lesson plan
Type of resource: Activities, animation, and
information
Dusty the Asthma Goldfish
Air Strips Lesson Plan
This educational activity book
helps children learn more about Students use homemade air
asthma triggers. strips to test for particulate
matter-caused discoloration
Grades: 2-5 around their home or
Type of resource: Printable neighborhood.
activity book Grades: 6-8
Type of resource: Lesson plan
What’s Up There Besides Air? Radtown Classroom Materials
Students use a milk carton to The more your kids
“catch” particle pollution in this learn about radiation,
outdoor activity. the less they have to
Grades: 3-5 fear.
Type of resource: Lesson plan Grades: 6-12
Type of resource: Lesson plans
How’s My Waterway MyEnvironment
Learn the condition MyEnvironment is a
of local streams, search application that
lakes, and other provides environmental
waters anywhere in information based on
the U.S., searching location. Using EPA
EPA’s database of data and records, you can learn about the air, water,
water quality monitoring reports. and land in your neighborhood. In addition, you
Grades: 9-12 can find out about local facilities, energy usage and
production, health risks, environmental projects
Type of Resource: Website/app going on in the community, and so much more!
Grades: 9-12
Type of Resource: Website/App
Additional Resources
For even more resources, check out these webpages from EPA and others:
Lesson Plans, Teacher Guides and Online Environmental Resources for Educators
Learning and Teaching about the Environment
National Environmental Education Foundation Toolkits
NOAA Education Materials
USGS Learning from Home
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Facebook: U.S. EPA
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