Take Action In Your Classroom

We've split what you can do into categories: Explore sites for teachers and students (kids have their own page!) Learn about specific subjects Play games and do puzzles Other activities

Students learn about testing for pollution in surface water samples collected from a local stream.

Explore sites for teachers and students

• For teachers
  • Environmental Protection Agency Teaching Center
    http://www.epa.gov/teachers/
  • National Institutes of Health - Tox Map: Resources for Teachers
    http://toxmap.nlm.nih.gov/toxmap/home/forTeachers.jsp
  • National Institutes of Health: Tox Town
    http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov/teacher.html
  • NOAA Education: Primarily for Teachers
    http://www.education.noaa.gov/teachers.html
• For students
  • EPA Student Center
    http://www.epa.gov/students/
  • National Institutes of Health: Tox Mystery
    http://toxmystery.nlm.nih.gov
  • National Institutes of Health: Tox Town
    http://toxtown.nlm.nih.gov
  • NOAA Education: Primarily for Students
    http://www.education.noaa.gov/students.html
• For kids

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Learn about specific subjects

• Acid rain
  http://www.epa.gov/acidrain/
• Climate change
  http://www.epa.gov/climatechange/
• Drinking water
  http://www.epa.gov/safewater/
• Endangered species
  http://www.fws.gov/endangered/
• Environmental Health Science
  http://www.niehs.nih.gov/science-education
• Estuaries
  http://www.epa.gov/nep/about1.htm
• Ground water
  http://www.epa.gov/safewater
• Indoor air quality
  http://www.epa.gov/iaq/index.html
• Invasive species
  http://www.invasivespeciesinfo.gov
• Ozone depletion
  http://www.epa.gov/ozone/science
• National Youth Service Day (April 20-22)
  http://www.ysa.org/nysd
• Trash: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
  http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/reduce/catbook/index.htm

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Play games and do puzzles

• Trash and waste crossword puzzle
  http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/osw/kids/games/crossword/index.htm
• Recycle City
  http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/
• Ozone depletion crossword puzzle
  http://www.epa.gov/ozone/puzzles/scipuzzl.html
• Ultraviolet radiation from the sun crossword puzzle
  http://www.epa.gov/ozone/puzzles/uvpuzzle.html

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Other activities

• Do the same things you do at home and work.
• Join the SunWise School Program and protect yourself from the sun's ultraviolet radiation.
• Surf your watershed (http://www.epa.gov/surf/) or adopt your watershed (http://www.epa.gov/adopt/).
• Make your school EnergySmart (http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/energysmartschools/).
• Read the Natural Inquirer http://www.naturalinquirer.usda.gov.

In addition to items listed here, check the Earth Day sites of various agencies for more tips and events in your area.

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