Further resources:

• Tune in for an Earth Day Live Lesson exploring climate change, greenhouse gases and how everyday choices can make a difference on 22nd April. Suitable for pupils aged 7-11.
• Join thousands of students from around the world for a free, interactive Topical Talk Live Lesson with complementary lesson plan to celebrate Earth Day on 22nd April. You can also download a selection of classroom-ready environment-related teaching resources to help learners aged 10+ understand climate challenges, think critically and explore practical solutions.
• Discover fascinating new facts about Planet Earth with award-winning author and cartoonist Mike Barfield as he introduces his latest non-fiction book Planet Earth: My Story So Far in a free Children’s Authors Live interactive event for pupils aged 8-11 on 22nd April.
• Learn about the natural world by following in the footprints of some of the world’s most majestic creatures and magnificent minibeasts with author Judy Wise as she introduces her debut non-fiction title Wild Footprints in this free Scholastic Book Club live event on 22nd April. Suitable for readers aged 6+.
• Join author Anita Frost to celebrate Earth Day and learn how we can care for our planet at a free online event for pupils aged 5-7 hosted by the National Literacy Trust on 22nd April. You can also download a range of free environmentally-themed teaching activities to use with pupils aged 4-14.
• Register to become a Plastic Clever School and access an Earth Day resource pack, including a recorded assembly and resource guide with videos and lesson plans.
• Celebrate the wonders of the natural world with the Wild Wonders poetry competition from Young Writers. Poems can be in any style and the competition is open to pupils aged 4-18, with the opportunity for selected poems to be published in a special anthology. Closing date 29th May 2026.
• Download the NLT’s Plastic vs Planet resources. They include a booklist and activities to promote writing and speaking and listening for pupils in KS1-KS3 (ages 4-14). Available with free NLT membership.
• Introduce pupils in EYFS to the Global Goals and support them to feel empowered to take action towards caring for our resources and planet with the NLT’s lesson plans based on picture book George Saves the World by Lunchtime. Available with free NLT membership.
• Ensure your pupils can keep up to date with climate change issues by taking out a school subscription to a junior newspaper or nature magazine. Find a selection here.
• Discover Usborne’s Quicklinks to carefully selected websites that provide tips on how you and your pupils can help wildlife and planet Earth.
• Primary book recommendation site Books for Topics have an Awesome Planet Earth booklist as well as recommendations to cover plastic pollution and environmental sustainability for primary pupils.
• Explore a selection of enviromentally-themed books for young readers of all ages from book recommendation site LoveReading4Kids.
• Find themed booklists featuring climate fiction and facts for pupils of all ages from Scottish Book Trust.
• The Climate Fiction Writers League is a group of writers from around the world whose work aims to raise awareness of climate change. Their books include pictures books, middle grade and young adult fiction and the website also provides links to organisations that provide teaching resources about climate change.
• Earth Cubs is an environmental learning platform for primary schools that offers free access to a range of videos and teaching resources aligned to the Global Sustainable Development Goals.
• The World’s Largest Lesson is an educational platform that provides free lesson plans and resources to raise awareness of the Global Goals and inspire young people aged 2-14+ to make a difference and build the world they would like to grow up in.
• Explore the wonders of our world and the dangers it faces, and encourage pupils to consider ways to protect their local environment with these Twinkl resources based on the David Attenborough documentary A Life On Our Planet and created in collaboration with WWF. Available with free membership.
• The WWF website has more curriculum-linked resources designed to help primary and secondary pupils explore environmental issues in engaging ways.
• Explore the different resources available for primary and secondary pupils from the BBC’s The Regenerators initiative.