2025 Middle School 
Earth Day Activities
& Worksheets

Welcome to our 2025 Earth Day Teacher Guide for middle school educators! This year's Earth Day theme is focused on renewable energy and how it can help protect planet Earth and the people on it. Explore middle school lessons, worksheets, games, and activities that are all about renewable energy. Plus, find free and fun Earth Day activities for 6th-8th grade classrooms, including printable writing prompts and vocabulary cards! Finally, explore our Earth Day Calendar, packed with amazing middle school lesson plans and classroom activities from us and our partners for every day of April. These teaching resources will empower middle school learners to explore and celebrate Earth Day while fostering a lifelong love for environmental stewardship. Join us in creating an exciting and impactful Earth Day experience for your middle school students on April 22nd! 

Renewable Energy Lesson Plans for Middle School

The official Earth Day theme for this year is Our Power, Our Planet. This April 22nd, explore and celebrate renewable energy with your students using the free resources provided in our Renewable Energy Guide for Middle School! You will find curated resources for 6th-8th grade, including accessible lesson plans, hands-on experiments, and suggested readings to explore environmental issues and solutions in a fun way.

Middle School Earth Day Bundle

This 6th-8th Grade Earth Day Bundle contains tons of middle school Earth Day activities! Inside you will find a variety of Earth Day resources for your middle schoolers, including writing activities that stimulate social and emotional connections to the natural world, vocabulary cards with images, and art activities. All resources are adjustable, downloadable, and easy to share online, making them a great choice for Earth Day or any other time of the year!

Earth Month Calendar

Celebrate Earth Month by taking one action a day with your middle school students! Explore our 2025 Earth Day calendar that's packed with middle school resources from us and our featured partners, including EarthDay.org, CFR Education, The Nature Conservancy, National Education Association, and Stanford Understand Energy. Inside you will find a 6th-8th grade resource selected for each day of Earth Month. Whether you are looking to teach a lesson for every day of Earth Week or simply looking to share a video on climate change, you can find what you are looking for here!

Explore More Middle School Teacher Guides

Thank you for exploring our Earth Day Guide for 6th through 8th grade educators! We hope you were able to utilize our resources to equip your students with the knowledge and passion to make a difference for our planet. Continue to bring Earth Day into the classroom every day, no matter what subject you teach, by incorporating engaging activities promoting sustainability, like composting, recycling bins, and nature walks in the local park. Foster creativity in art classes with a DIY bird feeder project using recycled materials, or engage in science experiments on biodiversity. Implement ELA lessons with templates addressing issues like oil spills and deforestation. Together, we will nurture a generation that cares deeply for the well-being of our planet’s ecosystems. Visit SubjectToClimate.org for more free resources to inspire environmental education year-round. Happy teaching and happy Earth Day!

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