Our planet is pretty awesome. Did you know that at this very moment we are speeding through space 15 times faster than the fastest jet ever made? Or that there are trees on Earth that are more than 5,000 year old?
The edge of the pin reads "Earth Week Comm of Phila" so it seems Earth Day may have been a whole week back then. When I was a kid, we'd go down to a local park to get a free tree each Earth Day.
In this Earth Day word problems pennant there are fun facts about our beautiful Earth and word problems to go along with each one:
In this Earth Day word problems pennant there are fun facts about our beautiful Earth and word problems to go along with each one:
All word problems can be solved with addition, subtraction, multiplication or division and make a nice brain break even for older kids. If you'd rather not make an Earth Day display with student work, a Google Forms version is also included.
This year, I made an Earth Day logic picture puzzle escape room as a fun math activity to celebrate Earth Day.
Students work through 5 puzzles solving for the values of Earth-themes pictures. There's a low-prep printable version with a graphic organizer to keep track of the pictures' values...
...and a self-checking, no-prep version in Google Forms. Students must get each puzzle correct to move to the next puzzle.
My friend Hayley Cain made this fun Earth Day coordinate graphing activity.
Below are some facts about our awesome planet that are fun to share with students:
Below are some facts about our awesome planet that are fun to share with students:
12 Cool Earth Day Facts:
1: Hyperion, a massive redwood tree in California, is estimated to be 380 feet tall. The location of this tree is being kept a secret.
2: The smallest animal found is a frog measuring just 7 millimeters long.
3: An orca can swim 100 miles in one day.
4: Methuselah, a bristlecone pine tree in California, is estimated to be 5,000 years old.
5: A tiny Monarch butterfly can fly 50 miles per day.
6: A bee can visit 5,000 flowers in one day.
7: The atmosphere at the top of Mount Everest is just 7% oxygen. There is 21% oxygen in the atmosphere at sea level. (Once oxygen levels drop to 20%, people start falling asleep, hence the reason casinos pump in oxygen).
8: In 1982, the temperature in Antarctica was measured at -228.6 degrees Fahrenheit.
9: Bamboo grows over 90 centimeters per day. You can almost watch it grow.
10: Earth zooms through space at 67,000 miles per hour.
11: Lake Vanda in Antarctica is 10x saltier than the Atlantic Ocean.
12: 18,250 new species are found each year on planet Earth.
Happy Earth Day!
i did not know that the monarch butterfly could do that!!!!��������
ReplyDeleteRight? They are incredible. The Earth is so incredible!
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