Earth Day

Billy Bear's... It's Earth Day
Includes games, craft ideas, online greeting cards, and information about protecting wildlife.
http://www.billybear4kids.com/holidays/earthday/fun.htm

Celebrating Earth Day at The Holiday Zone
Offers crafts, classroom projects, discussion topics, songs, puzzles, and coloring pages.
http://www.theholidayzone.com/earth/

DLTK's Crafts for Kids - Earth Day
Offers printable templates for children's Earth Day crafts. Suitable for preschool, kindergarten, and gradeschool kids.
http://www.dltk-kids.com/crafts/earth.html

Earth Day
Adopt a rainforest animal, learn the history of Earth Day, play online games, sing earth songs, download a coloring book. Also offers crafts, recipes, and stories.
http://holidays.kaboose.com/earth-day/index.html

Earth Day
A holiday special, complete with interviews, games, tips for green living, and classroom resources from Time for Kids.
http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/specials/articles/0,28285,1601801,00.html

Earth Day at PrimaryGames.com
Offers coloring pages, printable stationery, musical postcards, and links.
http://www.primarygames.com/holidays/earth_day/earthday.htm

Earth Day Every Day
Includes a history of the observance, environmental timeline, a virtual tour of an arctic wildlife sanctuary, a collection of activities just for kids, and resources for teachers. From the Wilderness Society.
http://earthday.wilderness.org/

Earth Day On Your Block
Celebrating Earth Day in the neighborhood with activities and projects; lists ideas and resources.
http://www.allspecies.org/neigh/block.htm

Earth's Birthday Project
Features kid-friendly facts about bugs, critters, and different environments. Also includes hands-on classroom activities.
http://www.earthsbirthday.org/

EcoKids: Celebrate Earth Day
Games, printables and ideas for observing the occasion.
http://www.ecokids.ca/pub/eco_info/topics/environmental/earthday/index.cfm

Happy Earth Day Coloring Book
Offers downloadable 11-page coloring book from Environmental Protection Agency. In .pdf format.
http://www.epa.gov/region5/publications/happy/happy.htm

Helpful Hints for Planet Earth
A first grade class project, complete with student-authored e-book.
http://www.pocanticohills.org/earthday/earthday.htm

International Earth Day Site
The official site with information on events, history, proclamations.
http://www.earthsite.org/

Kids For Saving Earth
Educates, inspires, and empowers children to protect the earth's environment.
http://www.kidsforsavingearth.org/

A Kid's Heart: Earth Day
Offers printable puzzles, word searches, coloring pages, and story starters.
http://www.akidsheart.com/holidays/eday/earthday.htm

Lorax's Save the Trees Game
Interactive game to help celebrate Earth Day.
http://www.seussville.com/games/lorax/

Make a Rain Stick for Earth Day
Directions for simple craft project.
http://www.kid-at-art.com/htdoc/lesson44.html

NIEHS Kids Pages
Environmental games, science, puzzles, and research. Also in Spanish. From the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences.
http://kids.niehs.nih.gov/home.htm

Planetpals Earth Day
Features the history of Earth Day, along with crafts, games, and many educational activities.
http://www.planetpals.com/earthday.html

Share the Earth
Favorite PBS cartoon characters offer tips for caring for the Earth in this series of video clips.
http://pbskids.org/earthday/

What and When is Earth Day?
Short history of Earth Day.
http://www.earthsite.org/day.htm

CNN: Earth Day for Kids
Features open-web quiz and suggestions for taking care of the earth. <small>(April 22, 1996)</small>
http://www.cnn.com/EVENTS/1996/earth_day/kids.html