STEM Activities for Earth Day to Inspire Kids to Care for Our World

You’ll always find us completing STEM activities, and we love making our STEM activities related to an upcoming holiday. Earth Day is one of the best holidays to use as a bridge to STEM, because not only are most problems in the world caused by technology, we use science, technology, engineering, and math to help prevent and make up for these other problems. These STEM activities for Earth Day help teach kids about recycling, biomes, carbon footprints, water filtration, pollution, and even global warming.

Use these Earth Day STEM activities in your classroom, daycare, or home to teach kids about the world we all live in.

STEM Activities for Earth Day to Inspire Kids to Care for Our World

Try these fun STEM activities this Earth Day and teach kids how to care for the world with active, hands-on projects!

How Recycled Paper is Made from Schooling a Monkey

Egg Shell Gardens from Schooling a Monkey

Sort the Recycling Game from No Time for Flash Cards

Create Your Own Mini Landfill from One Time Through

Build a Desert Biome from Schooling a Monkey

Learn about Global Warming with Earth Day Toast from Left Brain Craft Brain

Make a Model Waterworks from One Time Through

Carbon Footprint Activity from Kitchen Counter Chronicles

Melt Crayons with Solar Energy from No Time for Flash Cards

Learn about Animal Habitats from Natural Beach Living

Build a Tabletop Recycling Center Model from No Time for Flash Cards

Make a Water Cycle in a Bag from Playdough to Plato

Earth Day Science Discovery Bottles from Little Bins for Little Hands

LEGO-Themed Earth Day Printables from Little Bins for Little Hands

Earth Day Robot Design Challenge from Lemon Lime Adventures

Make a Tabletop Biosphere from Apartment Therapy

Water Pollution STEM Activity from Along the Way

Make a Terrarium in a Jar from Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds

Compost Bin in a Jar from The Seeds Network

Exploring Solar Heat from STEAM-Powered Family

Earth Day Seed Planters from Views from a Step Stool

More Earth Day Activities

Earth Day Unit Study

Earth Day Learning Activities from Little Bins for Little Hands