fourth grade lesson plans

Do you need new Earth Day and Science lesson plan ideas? Are you a collector of environmental science games, PowerPoints, activities, worksheets and crafts?

 

These lesson plans are great for 

• stay at home parents with virtual home schoolers 

• fourth grade school teachers 

• substitute teachers

• daycare school teachers

• after school latchkey caretakers

• babysitters

 

We created lesson plans designed around the importance of recycling, natural resources, community building development, Download our free third grade lesson plans which include:

 

• Step by step guided lesson plans, activity guides, printable e-books, PowerPoint presentations, games, and worksheets for environmental education. Guiding you and your third graders to answer questions like:

  • What are natural resources and what can we do to reduce our dependence on them?

    Where do our trash and recycling go after we put throw them away?

    How can I recycle at my home and school?

  • How has the Arctic sea ice changed from 1979 to 2015 and what did humans do to contribute to this change?

  • Can you see patterns in the changes in the Arctic sea ice?

  • What is the greenhouse effect?

  • How do we reduce CO2 molecules in our home, school and society?

  • What is carbon dioxide

  • Where do greenhouse gases originate from?

  • What's the difference between natural resources, materials and recycled material?

  • What is recycling and how can we do it at our homes and school?

  • How do we reduce, re-use and recycle and why is it important? 

  • What is a CO2 molecule?

  • What part of your daily habits influence greenhouse gas emissions?

• Green Living Science educational Youtube videos

• Hands on and craft making

• Video of the Arctic sea ice which is seen from space looking at the earth change from the year 1979 to 2015

• Green House effect game to understand how ice is melting in the Arctic sea with inside and outside options and a step-by-step guide

• Outside activities

• CO2 molecule card game

• Earth Day PowerPoint Lesson

• Set goals with students for recycling at home and school

• Create a booklet about how we can help take care of our environment 

• Passport game to get students to practice reducing, re-using and recycling at home

• Partnered and group activities

• Help students develop critical thinking and memory building skills

• Encourage student ownership of their school community with a clean-up activity

• Guided activities for students to repeat monthly to teach them about recycling and trash pick-up

• Post a photo of your recycling center on Green Living Science’s Facebook / Twitter or email to info@greenlivingscience.org Get a FREE recycling cart by going to a Green Living Science’s workshop check to see when your school is hosting a workshop or visit greenlivingscience.org/recycling/