Earth Day PowerPoint Lesson and Puzzle Pack

This resource contains an informative and fully editable, simple text, 100-slide PowerPoint presentation on Earth Day which is celebrated on April 22nd each year. It is appropriate for younger and Special Education students. Earth Day is a global event created to promote awareness and appreciation for the earth’s environment. It was launched in the USA in 1970. Today Earth Day is celebrated in more than 192 countries around the world.

The presentation focuses on:

• The founder of Earth Day - Senator Gaylord Nelson.
• The first Earth Day in 1970.
• Global warming, air pollution from factories and traffic, endangered species, and deforestation.
• Re-recycling, reusing, and reducing.
• Earth Day projects tree planting, cleaning up the environment.
• The 2024 Earth Day theme - ‘Planet v Plastics’.
• How we can help to look after our wonderful planet earth.

The PowerPoint also contains links to a breathtaking 4-minute video of our planet and a link to a moving ‘Earth Song’.

A longer, more detailed 100-slide presentation, more appropriate for older students, is also available:

Earth Day Presentation

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