Resource Overview
Packet of 2023 Earth Day lesson plans for 6 – 8th grades is free to download! Perfect resource for engaging your middle level students in the 2023 Earth Day theme: “Invest in Our Planet.”
Don’t teach middle level? Check out our Earth Day resource packets for High School and Elementary.
Features of This Resource
- What are some of the ways people impact the planet? What can I do, and what can we do, to help? How can we be sustainable even as our population grows?
- Fun and interactive lessons will make a memorable Earth Day
Included Lesson Plans and Readings
The following are included in the downloadable packet:
Lesson Plans
Eco-Ethics
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Students examine their own values by considering various environmental dilemmas and evaluating how different reactions impact the planet. Students will...
If Money Won’t Buy It
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Students participate in a budgeting activity to weigh everyday actions against their environmental impact. Students will be able to: Determine...
Meat of the Matter
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Students use manipulatives to explore the environmental impact of four different types of protein, and the pros and cons of
Secret Life of Stuff
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Students compare the life cycle stages of four everyday products in order to hypothesize which item has the lowest environmental...
Timber!
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In this role-playing simulation, students discover what happens to a forest when the demand for wood is greater than the...
Readings
The Human Footprint: Land
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Land use background reading: As population grows, we develop wild areas and arable land and overuse resources like soil, minerals,...
Lesson Plans
Eco-Ethics
- Students examine their own values by considering various environmental dilemmas and evaluating how different reactions impact the planet. Students will...If Money Won’t Buy It
- Students participate in a budgeting activity to weigh everyday actions against their environmental impact. Students will be able to: Determine...Meat of the Matter
- Students use manipulatives to explore the environmental impact of four different types of protein, and the pros and cons ofSecret Life of Stuff
- Students compare the life cycle stages of four everyday products in order to hypothesize which item has the lowest environmental...Timber!
- In this role-playing simulation, students discover what happens to a forest when the demand for wood is greater than the...Readings
The Human Footprint: Land
- Land use background reading: As population grows, we develop wild areas and arable land and overuse resources like soil, minerals,...Supplemental Materials
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