{"id":16717,"date":"2024-03-15T06:49:51","date_gmt":"2024-03-15T10:49:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teacherlists.com\/blog\/?post_type=learning_library&#038;p=16717"},"modified":"2026-01-29T16:30:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T21:30:29","slug":"printable-earth-day-riddles","status":"publish","type":"learning_library","link":"https:\/\/www.teacherlists.com\/blog\/learning_library\/printable-earth-day-riddles\/","title":{"rendered":"Printable: Earth Day Riddles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]Celebrate Earth Day with riddles!<\/p>\n<p>This activity can be done in a variety of ways: individually having students write their answers and their names on a piece of paper, as a whole class raising hands or writing answers on whiteboards and holding them up, or as individual groups writing answers on whiteboards and holding them up or running to the chalkboard to write the answers the fastest (even buzzers could be incorporated!) 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