Earth Month Activities and Events

April 2016

April means Earth Month , Earth Day , AND National Environmental Education Week ! Join people around the world in celebrating the Earth and all it's wonders throughout the entire month of April. See all the ways you can get engaged below.

Incorporate an Earth Day activity into any classroom unit
Host a workshop on one of our three conservation topics
Create a video and enter an awesome video contest
Spread the word and attend Earth Day community events

Whatever you do, thank you for being such an amazing environmental steward.

In Kindness,

Haley Mountain, Green Classroom Coordinator

In-Class Activities

Incorporate environmental education and sustainability into your classroom using some of the great in-class activities below.

Service-Learning - Follow this step-by-step guide to plan a litter cleanup with students around the school or neighborhood.
History - Read the history of Earth Day, explore important events, and create your own Earth Day timeline.
Language Arts - Read and write Earth Day poems, discuss the 3 R's, or have students create Earth Day pledges.
Arts and Crafts - Collect and bring recyclables from home to make recycled crafts, make Earth Day mascots, or make recycled paper (we even have classroom kits with all the supplies you can borrow).
Math - Complete some Earth Day addition and subtraction or conduct a waste audit, water audit, or energy audit with your students.

Conservation Workshops

Incorporate conservation education into your classroom and get students engaged in service projects. Use our Green Classroom Certification program as a launching pad to integrate water conservation, waste prevention, or energy efficiency into your curriculum. Use our online registration or email the Green Classroom Coordinator at [email protected] today; our spring openings are rapidly filling up.

Student Video Contest

Create a video with your students for the Washington Green Schools Video Contest: Building Green Communities. Educate and inspire others by explaining how kids can lead the way in cultivating a sustainable future in your community. Washington Green Schools are providers of statewide programs to make schools and communities greener and healthier. The deadline to submit videos is June 1st.

Energize the Earth

Friday, April 22nd

4:00 PM - 6:00 PM

Boundary Bay Brewery, 1107 Railroad Ave (map)

Free and open to all

Bring your family to Sustainable Connections' Earth Day Celebration and have fun while learning about saving energy and our Earth. Dance to bluegrass music, enjoy local food and beer (or rootbeer), and learn more about the Bellingham Energy Prize. Read more.

Terrell Creek Earth Day Work Party

Saturday April 23rd
9:00 AM - 12:00 PM
Parking at the former Birch Bay Church (map)

Free and open to all

Join the Nooksack Salmon Enhancement Association for their annual Earth Day work party. Volunteers will have the opportunity to plant native trees and shrubs along the stream bank, participate in a raffle, and receive a FREE NSEA Earth Day t-shirt . All ages are welcome . Equipment and light refreshments provided by NSEA. Read more.

Gain a better understanding of how you, your students, and your school community can take the next step in greener education . The Green Classroom Coordinator will give a quick program overview and be ready to answer all of your questions.

A program to help teachers integrate conservation education into curriculum and initiate positive action in the classroom. Read more.

Sustainable Schools is a program of RE Sources for Sustainable Communities.

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