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Before You Start Read the question on the left and guess your answer. Then drag the green box up to reveal the answer! When is Earth Day? What year did we start celebrating Earth Day? What do people do on Earth Day? ➜ ➜ ➜ Earth Day is observed around the world on April 22. The first Earth Day took place in 1970. On Earth Day, people make a special effort to celebrate the Earth and take care of the environment. © 2021 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to teachers and subscribers to make copies of this file to distribute to their students. Scholastic is not responsible for any edits to these materials made by educators or their students.

Watch a Video Click on the image to the right to watch a video about Earth Day. ➜ © 2021 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to teachers and subscribers to make copies of this file to distribute to their students. Scholastic is not responsible for any edits to these materials made by educators or their students.

Watch and Think Directions: Thinking about the video you just watched, answer the questions below. 1. What happened when there were no rules or laws about how people had to behave to keep the Earth clean? 2. Who started Earth Day? Why? © 2021 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to teachers and subscribers to make copies of this file to distribute to their students. Scholastic is not responsible for any edits to these materials made by educators or their students.

Watch and Think Directions: Thinking about the video you just watched, answer the questions below. 3. According to the video, what are some ways that people celebrate Earth Day? © 2021 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to teachers and subscribers to make copies of this file to distribute to their students. Scholastic is not responsible for any edits to these materials made by educators or their students.

Before You Start As you work through these activities, refer to your issue of Storyworks 3. If you're using an online version of the issue, click on the image on the right to follow along on Storyworks 3 Digital! © 2021 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to teachers and subscribers to make copies of this file to distribute to their students. Scholastic is not responsible for any edits to these materials made by educators or their students.

Before You Start You’ll see this special Earth Day image several times throughout this issue. It points out stories that help us celebrate and protect our planet! © 2021 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to teachers and subscribers to make copies of this file to distribute to their students. Scholastic is not responsible for any edits to these materials made by educators or their students.

Choose a Story Directions: Choose one of the stories from the March/April 2021 issue that has the special Earth Day image. Some examples are below. Read the story and then answer the questions on the next page. A group of people is turning ocean trash into art A special poem about nature An exciting story about grizzly bears in Montana © 2021 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to teachers and subscribers to make copies of this file to distribute to their students. Scholastic is not responsible for any edits to these materials made by educators or their students. © 2020

Read and Think Directions: Thinking about the story you just watched, answer the questions below. 1. How does this story relate to Earth Day? 2. Does this story give you any ideas about ways you can celebrate Earth Day with your family or in your community? © 2021 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to teachers and subscribers to make copies of this file to distribute to their students. Scholastic is not responsible for any edits to these materials made by educators or their students. © 2020

Plan a Project Now it’s your turn! What will you do to celebrate Earth Day? You can use ideas from the magazine or come up with you own. The idea can be big or small. Every action counts! Write your idea below! © 2021 by Scholastic Inc. All rights reserved. Permission granted to teachers and subscribers to make copies of this file to distribute to their students. Scholastic is not responsible for any edits to these materials made by educators or their students. © 2020