OFFICIAL SITE OF THE STATE OF NEW JERSEY
Earth Day Activities
The Backyard Naturalist
The Division of Fish and Wildlife has created several online learning resources for all ages to enjoy as they experience our environment.
Crafty Projects that Practice Reuse
- How to Make Backyard Environmental Art
- How to Make a CD Hovercraft
- How to Make a CD Spinning Top
- How to Make Cone Flowers
- How to Make Creamer Cap Critters
- How to Make a Decorative Flower Using a Plastic Bottle
- How to Make the Fantasy Frog Pickup Game
- How to Make the “Frozen Fish” Bean Bag Toss Game
- How to Make Nature Dragonflies
- How to Make an Orange Peel Bird Feeder
- How to Make Paper Beads
- How to Make a Paper YoYo
- How to Make Pressed Flower Cards
- How to Make a Pull Tab Bracelet
- How to Make a Punch Pattern Craft
- How to Make a Recycled Bug Hotel
- How to Make a Recycled Butterfly Finger Puppet
- How to Make a Skewer Game Toy
- How to Make Styrofoam Tray Critters
DEP’s Popular Coloring and Activity Booklets
- A to Z – Forests & Trees Coloring and Activity Book
- Clean Water Raingers Activity Book
- Clean Water Raingers Coloring Book
- Wildlife of New Jersey
Enjoy the Outdoors
- Be A Birdwatcher
- Bio-Bingo
- The Camouflaged Buddies Game
- Fishing Guidelines that Address COVID-19 Practices
- Guide to Hummingbird Feeders and Gardens
- Natural A, B, C’s Activity
- Nature Bingo
- Nature by the Numbers
- Poet-Tree Activity
- More activities from NJ State Park Service
Virtual Tours of Some of New Jersey’s State Parks, Recreation Areas and Historic Sites
- Barnegat Lighthouse State Park
- Batsto Village Historic Site
- Cape May Point State Park
- Fort Mott State Park
- High Point State Park
- Island Beach State Park
- Round Valley Recreation Area
- Spruce Run Recreation Area
- Stokes State Forest
- Twin Lights State Historic Site
- Wallace House Historic Site
Water Resources Education Videos
Other New Jersey Resources: Things to View and Do
- EE Hub of Lessons and Activities
Welcome to this collection of environmental education activities to do and enjoy, compiled by members of the Alliance for New Jersey Environmental Education. - Get Wild…Inside!
Check out the webcams, podcasts, professional wildlife videos and wildlife lessons on video that are provided by the Conserve Wildlife Foundation of New Jersey. - Learning Resources
Raritan Headwaters offers this collection of activities for everyone to “Jump In and Explore!” - Virtual Zoo School
Cape May’s County Zoo is bringing the ZOO-to-YOU through their virtual Zoo School. - Watershed Activity Center
The Watershed Institute offers virtual activities, games and learning ideas about water and watersheds. - What’s in Your Backyard?
Check out the nature activities provided by Trailside Nature and Science Center in Union County.
National Resources: Things to View and Do
- Celebrate Earth Day 2020 with Window Art
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Earth Day Classroom Resources (pdf)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency - Earth Day Goes Digital with 24 Hours of Action
Earth Day Network - Environmental Education At Home
National Environmental Education Training Foundation - Greener Together – A Guide to Online Events, Activities and Resources for Kids and Adults
Environment America - Ten Nature Activities to Help Get Your Family Through the Coronavirus Pandemic
Richard Louvre, Children and Nature Network - Thirty Days of Eco-learning
Turning Green Classroom’s 30-day lesson plan for April to celebrate Earth Month