Celebrate Earth Day all month long with the City of Carlsbad.

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Become an Earth Smart Citizen with the City of Encinitas.

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Celebrate Earth Week at School with These Simple Activities!

Sample Activities: 
 Motorless Monday

• Students write a note to parents to turn their engines off in the pick-up lane
• Plan a walk, bike, or roll to school day
• Make anti-idle posters and hang up in the pick-up lane

​Tubular Tuesday 

• Assign a classroom light monitor to open Solatubes and turn light switches off
• Students make light switch reminders and stick on all light switch plates (ex. Stop the Switch!)

Waste-free Wednesday

• Bring reusable water bottles and waste free lunches. Hot lunch students SCRAP their lunch by properly composting and recycling their waste.
• Students make morning announcements the day before to remind peers to bring waste-free lunches.
• Students read about the worlds' 5 gyres and the Great Pacific Garbage Patch, or watch this PBS video. 

​Learning Thursday

• ​Teachers utilize Earth Day lessons provided by district Administrators
• Teachers utilize Garden Activities provided by BCK Programs at bckprograms.com/garden
• Have a conversation about Earth Day and why it's important

Litter-free Friday

• Hold a litter-pick up event during recess, lunch, or as a class time activity. 
• Hand out reward tickets for every 10 pieces of trash picked up

Click on image for printable flyer.

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Other Simple Ideas for School Activities:

Announcement in School Newsletter

• General alert that it’s Earth Day/Week
• Link to web address with Earth Day tips
  • https://www.earthday.org/7-tips-to-recycle-better/
  • https://www.treehugger.com/tips-living-less-plastic-4858688
• ​Choose a few of those tips and write them into the text
• Ask PTA if you could create a “Green Corner” or “Green Team Notes” or “Did you know…?” to include in each newsletter going forward.   

Create an Earth Day Challenge

• Invite students to try to do eight things on your challenge
• ​Make one element connected to family (work with your family to make one change in your house)
• Send home via teachers or 
• ​Set up a table at lunch on Earth Day
• Have the students explain what they did

Read an Earth Day Book​

• Read an Earth Day book in your child's classroom or ask the school librarian to read Earth Day books to all students that week.
• ​Lead a discussion
  • Ask kids what they think they can do to live more sustainably
  • ​What does earth give us?
  • What do HUMANS do that threaten our earth? (simple mechanisms)
  • ​What can we do differently and HOW does that help?

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Earth-inspired Activities for Every Day in April:

EUSD Earth Month Family Actions

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Family-friendly Sustainable Activities To Do at Home.

CLICK HERE

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Additional Earth Day Resources:

Carpool to School

No Idle Campaign

Waste Free Lunch

Earth Day Posters

Capri Activities and Prizes

Earth Day Flag Project