Get ready for Earth Day in your upper elementary classroom with these simple bulletin board ideas that will encourage and motivate your students to be kind to planet Earth!
Creating an Earth Day bulletin board display is an easy way to get your upper elementary classroom ready for spring and Earth Day while reinforcing the important message of caring for our planet.
A motivational Earth Day bulletin board display can add a dash of décor to your upper elementary classroom and has many other benefits.
Why should I have an Earth Day bulletin board in my classroom?
✔ Encourages Environmental Responsibility – Seeing daily reminders about being kind to the Earth helps students develop a mindset of conservation and sustainability. As students learn about human impact on the environment, this display will encourage them to care for the planet.
✔ Creates a Kind Classroom Atmosphere – You know I love kindness in the classroom! It is always a focus each month. I love to display different kindness bulletin boards and have different kindness challenges going each month. Having a bright and uplifting bulletin board supports your kind community and a shared responsibility for protecting our planet.
✔ Sparks Meaningful Discourse – Thought-provoking phrases and visuals can lead to class discussions about ways to reduce waste, recycle, and care for the environment.
How can I create a meaningful Earth Day bulletin board in my classroom?
If you are just getting started with creating a classroom Earth Day bulletin board display, decide which type of bulletin board you want to create. You can create a motivational bulletin board with quotes and tips for Earth Day or a student-centered bulletin board with Earth Day student work as the focus.
These Earth Day bulletin board ideas will help you plan, hang, and display the perfect Earth Day bulletin board!
1. Earth Day Kindness Posters - Be Kind to Planet Earth
This all-in-one Earth Day bulletin board kit makes it easy to hang a bulletin board and encourage others in just minutes! It includes 12 posters, banners, bulletin board letters, accent pieces, borders, and more!
If you know me, you know that I love to bring kindness into the classroom with each chance I get! I display a kindness bulletin board with a different theme each season. This Be Kind to Planet Earth bulletin board is a great way to tie kindness into caring for our planet during spring and Earth Week. After we discuss the posters in this set, we begin our Be Kind to Planet Earth challenge. We track the amazing, kind deeds we do each day to help us care for our planet.
2. Dear Mother Earth - Student Writing Project
This student-focused Earth Day bulletin board encourages students to reflect on how they should be treating our planet, Mother Earth. You will want to do this fun and meaningful writing activity with your students year after year! To practice friendly letter writing, have kids write a letter to Mother Earth, sharing how they help care for her. Encourage them to include specific examples from their lives and add colorful illustrations.
Grab the free writing page!
3. Stop Pollution - Persuasive Project
This engaging pollution persuasivewriting project is perfect for upper elementary students and doubles as a high interest writing project and bulletin board display. With the included nonfiction passages on land, water, and air pollution, students will build background knowledge before beginning an age-appropriate step-by-step persuasive writing piece to convince others to stop pollution.
4. Great Garbage Challenge - Science Activity
Hands down, this science project for Earth Day is a crowd pleaser!
The idea is simple - take a piece of garbage and transform it into something
new and useful. I like to have students work in groups of 2-3 to encourage
brainstorming and creativity. To kick things off, I bring in a bag of carefully
chosen "garbage" and spread the items out on a table. Each group
discusses and agrees on one item to repurpose, then takes turns selecting their
piece. Using classroom supplies, they work together to give their item a creative makeover. When they are finished, groups present their creations to
the class. For a fun twist, invite your teacher friend from next door to judge the
most creative project - students love the challenge, and their scientific workmakes a great display!
Creating an Earth Day bulletin board is such a simple yet powerful way to inspire your students to be kind to our planet! Whether you go with motivational quotes, student work, or an interactive display, your bulletin board will serve as a daily reminder that small actions can make a big difference. Plus, it adds a fun and meaningful touch to your classroom for spring! So, grab your supplies, get creative, and celebrate Earth Day with a bulletin board that encourages kindness to the Earth this April!
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