I love talking about ways to help the Earth. I can’t help myself and as Earth Day slowly approaches I find myself wanting to share more and more ways we can limit pollution. It is so important for children and adults to understand where pollution comes from and how we can help make a difference. I hope you enjoy these excellent ways of teaching kids about pollution.
I am also sharing a great set of free printables that you can download below. Enjoy!
Teaching Kids About Pollution
Awesome Ways for Teaching Kids About Pollution
Teaching Kids About Pollution
When I was thinking about this pollution set up for our Science area, I knew I wanted a hands-on and visual display. Children learn by doing so by having them collect grass, trash, making clean snow and dirty snow, among other things – they are getting to experience what pollution is.
After your jars are filled it is good to introduce your cards and pictures sharing and or asking your children what they see. You can also place the word card below the picture so they have a full visual of each idea.
Air, Land, and Water Pollution Activities
Some ways you can help with pollution is:
Pick up trash (anytime)
Turn off the lights and electronics
Use energy efficient products
Walk when you can or ride a bike
Use eco friendly products
Compost
Conserve Water
Plant trees
Say no to fertilizers
Never allow our oceans to be used for waste
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle
These are a few ways that everyone can help.
Reading books about ways to make a difference and help the Earth is another great way to get children involved.
Earth Day Books for Kids
Pollution Activities
Being a good role model and teaching children how they can make a difference will ultimately benefit everyone in the future.
I hope you are ready to make a difference. We can all do it by working together.
Pollution Activities for Kids
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Jessica says
May 24, 2017 at 4:14 pmThis is great idea, and we would like to use it in a conservation themed summer camp!
I was wondering how you made the polluted air jar? Also with the dirty snow, did you also add trash to this, or just some sort of coloring or ash?
Kimberly says
May 24, 2017 at 9:22 pmThat sounds fantastic! I actually just used 1 drop of Brown Icing coloring to make the snow look dirty and for the polluted air you can try Steam or what I did was have a friend of ours blow smoke in the jar (I wasn’t 100% sure it was going to work because he uses those vapor things but it worked 😉
Yuliya says
April 6, 2017 at 7:05 amI love how hands on this is! You can really see the difference between clean and polluted!
Isabel says
March 22, 2017 at 9:55 amLovely ideas to teach children how to take care of the earth! The printables are beautiful!
Vanessa says
March 17, 2017 at 7:07 pmThis is very creative and a great way to teach children with a hands-on visual lesson! Thank you for the printable!
Kimberly says
March 17, 2017 at 7:22 pmI’m so glad you like it Vanessa.
Mary McKenna Siddals says
March 15, 2017 at 3:26 pmGreat post on getting kids involved in learning about pollution, Kimberly! I’m delighted to discover my COMPOST STEW among the books you’ve highlighted, and thank you so much for including it. So many small ways to make a big difference…