Take Action In Your Classroom

We've split what you can do into categories: Explore sites for teachers and students (kids have their own page!) Learn about specific subjects Play games and do puzzles Other activities

Students learn about a confiscated polar bear known as "Fred". Fred was illegally hunted and killed so that its skin could be illegally imported into the country and sold to become a rug.

Explore sites for teachers and students

• For teachers
  • Environmental Protection Agency
    epa.gov/teachers/
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    www.education.noaa.gov/teachers.html
• For students
  • Environmental Protection Agency
    epa.gov/teachers/
  • National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
    www.education.noaa.gov/students.html
• For kids

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Learn about specific subjects

• Endangered species
  endangered.fws.gov
• Acid rain
  epa.gov/airmarkets/acidrain
• Global warming
  epa.gov/globalwarming
• Ozone depletion
  epa.gov/ozone/science
• Indoor air quality
  epa.gov/iaq/ia_faqs.html
• Ground water
  epa.gov/seahome/groundwater/src/intro.htm
• Drinking water
  epa.gov/OGWDW/wot/introtap.html
• Estuaries
  epa.gov/nep/about1.htm
• Invasive species
  invasivespecies.gov
• Environmental Health Science
  www.niehs.nih.gov/science-education
• Aviation & the environment
  www.aee.faa.gov/aee-200/
• Trash: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/catbook/index.htm
• National Youth Service Day (April 16-18)
  www.ysa.org/nysd

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Play games and do puzzles

• Trash and waste
  epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/games/crossword/index.htm
• Recycle City
  epa.gov/recyclecity/
• Ozone depletion
  epa.gov/ozone/puzzles/scipuzzl.html
• Ultraviolet radiation from the sun
  epa.gov/ozone/puzzles/uvpuzzle.html

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Other activities

• Do the same things you do at home and work.
• Join the SunWise School Program and protect yourself from the sun's ultraviolet radiation (epa.gov/sunwise/educators.html).
• Surf your watershed (epa.gov/surf) or adopt it (www.epa.gov/adopt).
• Make your school EnergySmart (www.eere.energy.gov/energysmartschools).
• Read the Natural Inquirer (www.naturalinquirer.usda.gov).
• Become Earth Stewards
  (biology.usgs.gov/features/learningrm/earth_stewards.html).

In addition to items listed here, check the Earth Day sites of various agencies for more tips and events in your area.

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