Dear Families,

Earth Day is tomorrow, April 22! Our science teachers and the faculty advisors of Environmental Action Group have compiled a list of ideas and resources to help students and parents make the most of the occasion—which marks the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day!

Fun & Simple Ideas

Do a trash clean up in your area, with gloves & mask.
Make an Earth Day poster and hang it in your window for your neighbors to see.
Use sidewalk chalk to create an Earth-friendly message for your neighborhood
Write a poem to the earth and share it with Andy Bromage and your teacher.
Research native plants for your family lawn or garden.
Go on a nature walk or participate in a neighborhood safari.
Grow seeds inside to plant outside in warmer weather.
Build your own bird feeder from household materials.
Create a list of 50 things people can do to help the earth.
Make a pledge to change one thing about your lifestyle to help the earth.

Activities for Families

Select a Digital Event to participate in at Earth Day 2020's official website. They also have links to many other resources!
Save the Sound virtual Earth Day: short film & discussion, Wednesday, April 22 at 8 p.m. (recording will also be available after the date). Local to New Haven
Audubon's "I Saw a Bird Spring Migration" webinar: Wednesday, April 22 at 7 p.m.
Earth Optimism Summit hosted by the Smithsonian April 22-24.
Hartford celebrates Virtual Earth Day 50 by Hartford Climate Stewardship Initiative April 22-29
Environmental History Timeline with add-your-own-ending from earthday.org
Free Family Activities & Earth Day specific ones from Project Learning Tree
12 Meaningful Earth Day activities for all grade levels
Earth Day poetry from poets.org
10 free Earth Day coloring pages from Parents magazine
EPA Earth Day ideas
Family Activity Ideas from National Geographic
Get ideas from the Sierra Club
More Earth Friendly Product Ideas.

Short Films (20 minutes or less)

Earth Day 50th Anniversary Movie from The American Museum of Natural History, as shown at tomorrow morning's Middle School meeting.
History of Earth Day by History Canada
Earth Challenge 2020 by Woodrow Wilson Center
Earth Day Daily Challenge by earthday.org
Rachel Carson documentary from PBS

Full-length Movies

Environmental Film Festival at Yale
Environmental Films EAG has shown the community: Chasing Ice, The Lorax, WALL-E, Fly Away Home, Disney's Bears, Monkey Kingdom, Born in China
A Plastic Ocean documentary (not suitable for students below 5th grade.)
Mission Blue (a nice mix of the realities our oceans are facing and hope, likely not appealing for students under 5th grade)
Many nature documentaries, such as Planet Earth & Planet Ocean, available for streaming from Netflix, Amazon Prime, Disney +, etc.