This worksheet, ‘5Ws and How About Energy’ provides a structured diagram that helps students identify the who, what, when, where, why and how of energy. It is a great visual graphic that can be used as a comprehension activity and to generate meaningful class discussion.
This worksheet, ‘ABCs of the Environment’ provides an alphabet grid that students can use to develop their vocabulary and brainstorm different ideas about environmental concepts. This is a fun and simple resource that can be used effectively before, during or after an activity and across ability levels. It can also be utilised during individual, pair …More
This worksheet, ‘ABCs of Waste’ provides an alphabet grid that students can use to develop their vocabulary and brainstorm different ideas about the waste. This is a fun and simple resource that can be used effectively before, during or after an activity and across ability levels. It can also be utilised during individual, pair or …More
This Poetry worksheet, ‘Acid Rain’, features a poem about air and water pollution. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about drawing a conclusion, reasoning, detail, figurative language, validity, author’s purpose, vocabulary, and making a judgment. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This science article, ‘Air Pollution’ features five facts about the effect of air pollution on planet Earth. It provides factual information about air pollution, as well as ways to help lessen its impact on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This science article, ‘Aluminium Cans’ features five facts about the environmental effects of aluminium cans on planet Earth. It provides factual information about aluminium cans, as well as ways to help lessen their impact on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
The article, ‘An American Conservationist’ describes the life and work of the man who was responsible for the establishment of Yosemite National Park and many other conservation projects in the United States. It provides opportunities for students to practise vocabulary and comprehension skills. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This article, ‘Are You Eco-Smart?’, provides tips on how to be eco-smart. It is aimed at broadening students’ environmental awareness and includes colourful and engaging photographs.
This content area reading activity, ‘Blowing in the Wind’ is a science based reading comprehension exercise encouraging students to recognise the process of cause and effect in writing.
This worksheet, ‘Categorising Waste’ provides students with a clear and simple graphical organiser that instructs them to list examples of the different types of waste. It is a great comprehension task that can be coupled with the Lesson Zone, ‘Types of Waste’ worksheet, or can be used to begin discussions.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Paragraphing’ encourages students to organise information in distinct paragraphs to signal new ideas.
This science article, ‘Deserts’ features five facts about deserts and desertification on planet Earth. It provides factual information about deserts and desertification, as well as ways to help lessen the environmental impact of destroying deserts. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This science article, ‘E-Waste’ features five facts about the environmental effects of e-waste on planet Earth. It provides factual information about e-waste, as well as ways to help lessen its impact on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This worksheet, ‘Environmental Acrostic Poem’ is a fantastic quick activity to brainstorm facts and ideas about the environment. It is a fun resource that can be used without preparation across all age groups and abilities. Students are required to use the letters from the word ‘Environment’ to list facts or ideas that they already know …More
This worksheet, ‘Environmental Crossword’ provides students with the opportunity to use skills including vocabulary, reasoning and spelling to find the correct environmental words to complete the puzzle. It encourages students to identify and understand the terms being used and to build on their vocabulary of key words used when discussing environmental concepts. An answer sheet …More
This worksheet, ‘Environmental Figure Match-Up’ is a fun and engaging activity to explore interesting facts and figures about the environment. Students must match each fact to its corresponding figure by either cutting out or drawing links. This resource encourages students to think logically and analytically to ascertain the most likely answer. An answer sheet is …More
This worksheet, ‘Environmental True or False’ is a thought-provoking worksheet that requires students to asses the truth of facts about environmental concepts. Many students may presume the answers quickly only to realise their assumptions were not correct which can lead to interesting discussions and further research into environment related topics. An answer sheet is also …More
This worksheet, ‘Environmental Unscramble’ is a great activity that encourages students to study the sounds and spellings of words associated with the environment. Students will be challenged to unscramble letters to find common words used during this topic. An answer sheet is also provided.
This worksheet, ‘Environmental Word Search’ gives students the opportunity to learn new vocabulary and improve their spelling of words associated with the environment. Students must scrutinise the spelling of each word on their list, ensuring new vocabulary is committed to memory with the correct spelling.
This worksheet, ‘Environmental Word Shapes’ is a great resource that encourages students to examine the spelling and letter shapes of words associated with the environment. Students must use the word bank to match the letter shapes to the correct words.
This reading comprehension activity ‘Exploring the Deep’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about Sylvia Earle, a marine biologist who explores the ocean.
This science article, ‘Food Waste’ features five facts about the environmental effects of food waste on planet Earth. It provides factual information about food waste, as well as ways to help lessen its impact on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This science article, ‘Forests’ features five facts about forests and the destruction of forests on planet Earth. It provides factual information, as well as ways to help lessen the environmental impact of forest destruction. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This science article, ‘Fresh Water’ features five facts about fresh water and how we rely on it for survival. It provides factual information about fresh water, as well as ways to help save water. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This science article, ‘Glass Bottles’ features five facts about the environmental effects of glass bottles on planet Earth. It provides factual information about glass bottles, as well as ways to help lessen their impact on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This reading comprehension activity ‘Global Warming’, asks students to answer comprehension questions on a text about how global warming is affecting the Earth.
This science article, ‘Habitat Destruction’ features five facts about the effect of habitat destruction on planet Earth. It provides factual information about habitat destruction, as well as ways to help lessen its impact on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This article, ‘Is This the Greenest School?’, profiles an ‘eco-school’ in Australia. It explains what the students at this school are doing to help the environment and encourages students to participate in environmental activities.
This worksheet, ‘KWL Chart of the Environment’ prompts students to explore what they know about the environment, what they want to learn and what they have learnt following activities. This is a great, clearly formatted resource to encourage students to take responsibility for their own learning and to assist teachers in establishing their students’ prior …More
This science article, ‘Landfills’ features five facts about the effect of landfills on planet Earth. It provides factual information about rubbish and landfills, as well as ways to help lessen their impact on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This Writing Task worksheet, ‘Letter about an Environmental Issue’, features instructions for students to write a letter to the editor about an environmental issue of their choosing. It encourages students to plan their writing and to check it for errors. Prompts suggest topics such as global warming, toxic waste, pollution, endangered species, open space, and …More
This analysing text worksheet ‘Making Potable Drinking Water’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informational text about recycled water. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in …More
This Writing Traits activity ‘Paragraph Topics’ encourages students to develop and support clearly stated themes for multiparagraph expository compositions.
This science article, ‘Paper’ features five facts about paper waste on planet Earth. It provides factual information about paper, as well as ways to help lessen the impact of paper wastage on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This science article, ‘Plastic Bags’ features five facts about the environmental effects of plastic bags on planet Earth. It provides factual information about plastic bags, as well as ways to help lessen their impact on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This science article, ‘Plastic Bottles’ features five facts about the environmental effects of plastic bottles on planet Earth. It provides factual information about plastic bottles, as well as ways to help lessen their impact on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Page Layout’ encourages students to present writing in a manner that enhances the reader’s ability to understand and identify the ideas.
This science article, ‘Rubber Tyres’ features five facts about the environmental effects of rubber tyres on planet Earth. It provides factual information about rubber tyres, as well as ways to help lessen their impact on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This full colour ‘Save the World’ illustration can be reproduced for classroom use. It features pictures of some of the most common positive and negative environmental issues and messages and is a fun and educational addition to a classroom display encouraging students to be aware of their impact on the environment.
This Readers Theatre activity, ‘ Saving the Red-Eyed Tree Frog’ encourages students understanding the main idea and to find supporting details in the text. It also builds reading fluency. This activity includes a script for 5 readers.
This kids news activity, ‘Scientists Criticise Iron-Dumping Experiment’ is about a company that dumped iron dust into the Pacific Ocean in an attempt to re-populate fishing grounds.
This worksheet, ‘Sources of Waste’ is a great resource that helps students research the different sources of waste. For some students waste may only be thought of as household rubbish. This graphical organiser helps to expand their thinking to recognise all sources of waste and prompt discussions into how much waste humans produce.
This analysing text worksheet ‘Stream Monitoring’ supports students to use various strategies to understand an informational text about water quality. It is aimed at encouraging students to deconstruct the text in order to gain a deeper understanding of its purpose, to recall specific details from the text, to look critically at words in order to …More
This article, ‘Taking Out the Techno Trash’, explains the proper ways to recycle electronics. It is aimed at broadening students’ environmental awareness and includes colourful and engaging images.
This full colour ‘The World’ illustration can be reproduced for classroom use. It depicts children from a variety of countries saying ‘Hello’ in their native languages and is a fun and educational addition to a classroom display to promote international cultural awareness.
This science article, ‘Tin Cans’ features five facts about the environmental effects of tin cans on planet Earth. It provides factual information about tin cans, as well as ways to help lessen their impact on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Expository Voice’ encourages students to write informational essays that include adequate examples to support a topic.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Persuasive Voice’ encourages students to write an essay in the persuasive voice.
This worksheet, ‘Waste Crossword’ provides students with the opportunity to use skills including vocabulary, reasoning and spelling to find the correct words associated with waste to complete the puzzle. It encourages students to identify and understand the terms being used and to build on their vocabulary of key words used when discussing this topic. An …More
This worksheet, ‘Waste Unscramble’ is a great activity that encourages students to study the sounds and spellings of words associated with waste. Students will be challenged to unscramble letters to find common words used during this topic. An answer sheet is also provided.
This worksheet, ‘Waste Word Search’ gives students the opportunity to learn new vocabulary and improve their spelling of words associated with waste. Students must scrutinise the spelling of each word on their list, ensuring new vocabulary is committed to memory with the correct spelling.
This worksheet, ‘Waste Word Shapes’ is a great resource that encourages students to examine the spelling and letter shapes of words associated with waste. Students must use the word bank to match the letter shapes to the correct words.
This science article, ‘Water Pollution’ features five facts about the effect of water pollution on planet Earth. It provides factual information about water pollution, as well as ways to help lessen its impact on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This worksheet, ‘What is Waste?’ is a fantastic resource that provides a interesting overview of the definition of waste. It includes colourful illustrations which can prompt class discussions and provides a platform to begin a new topic on recycling and waste around the world.
This Poetry worksheet, ‘When a Nice Day Isn’t a Good Day’, features a poem about drought and water conservation. It encourages students to use a variety of strategies to interpret the poem and includes questions about detail, vocabulary, making an inference, author’s purpose, reasoning, and making a judgment. Answer sheet provided with file download.
This Writing Traits activity ‘Imagery’ encourages students to understand and use common literary devices to enhance writing.
This kids news activity, ‘Zebra Dung May Be New Fuel Source’ is about research into alternative sources of eco-friendly bio-fuels.
This maths activity uses real-world data to engage students in discussions and observations about the importance of pollination in food production in Australia. The activity begins with some question prompts for teachers to engage students’ existing knowledge about pollination and how bees contribute to pollination. Students are then provided with a table listing crops and …More
This science article, ‘Endangered Animals’ features five facts about animals that are endangered on planet Earth. It provides factual information, as well as ways to help animals. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
This science article, ‘Global Warming’ features five facts about the effect of global warming on planet Earth. It provides factual information about global warming, as well as ways to help lessen its impact on the environment. It is aimed at broadening students’ scientific and environmental awareness.
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