Earth Day Tips- Coloring Pages & Activities for Middle School

This is more than just an Earth Day coloring page!

This print-and-go science comic transforms reading into a fun, visual learning experience, keeping your students engaged. Loaded with content, Earth Day activities, and puzzles, this teaching resource is designed for 4th grade, 5th grade, and middle school. It’s the perfect way to celebrate Earth Day—or spark environmental awareness any time of year.

What’s Inside?

Your students will discover that everyone has the power to help the planet. This resource introduces simple, everyday practices that make a big difference:

Reduce, reuse, recycle
Walk more, carpool when you can
Use less water
Choose reusable bottles instead of disposable ones

With comics, puzzles, and activities that grab attention, this lesson helps learners see that even small actions can add up to meaningful change.

Earth Day Tips Comic

Highly visual and engaging content
Color and B&W
Print up as a handout, poster, or anchor chart
A great addition to interactive science notebooks
Makes a great Earth Day coloring page
Get off the screens and put reading in their hands

Guided Notes

Fill-in-the-blank style guided notes
Solidifies understanding and keeps students involved
Another great addition to interactive science notebooks
A good homework option

One Pager Templates

Learners create comics teaching about ways we can help the planet
Multiple templates included enabling room for creativity
Rubric included

Earth Day Activities Page

Answer Keys

What makes Cool School Comics such an impactful learning tool?

They are FUN!

This is the most crucial benefit.
Students are more willing to participate and more engaged.
The content STICKS.

Visual learning is EFFECTIVE.

About 65% of the population consists of visual learners.
Visual information is processed faster.
Students who SEE information are more likely to retain it.

EASY to implement!

These lesson plans are complete and ready to go, requiring minimal prep time.
You only need to make copies, upload supplementals to your virtual classrooms, and set up the hands-on activities.
Lots of flexibility! You can print these as posters, add them to interactive notebooks, hand them out to students, or share them virtually. There is plenty of room for modifications.

ACTIVE LEARNING

Every lesson plan has a low-prep, wallet-friendly, hands-on component.
Instructions are in a visual format
Follow-up questions or a lab report are always included

Comics make content ACCESSIBLE

Naturally differentiated, comics accommodate a wide range of learning abilities and styles.
Great for classrooms with a diverse population of learners
They can simultaneously rope in both your gifted and struggling students (and everyone in between).
Reluctant readers gravitate toward comics.
Comics help English Language Learners (ESL, ELL) and some SPED students find success.

Be the hip teacher seizing the graphic novels craze. Your students will LOVE it!

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