Groundhog Day Lesson Plans & Educational Activities

Encourage an interest in groundhogs, science, weather and more with these five fun books written for elementary age children on groundhogs and Groundhog Day.

Create and print your own custom word search, math, crossword or other puzzle with Discovery.com's Puzzlemaker. Creativity not your cup of tea? Then use the suggested Groundhog Day word list.

Teacher printables for Groundhog day, including math problems, reading comprehension, story starters, hidden pictures and coloring pages. From edHelper.

A collection of poems and songs about groundhogs and Groundhog's Day. From Project Groundhog.

A word scavenger hunt for students in Grades 2-3, using the Little Explorers Picture Dictionary.

This Web-based project for grades K-6 engages students in exploring whether or not the groundhog is an accurate weather predictor. You can enroll your class for the online project or download the curriculum and conduct the lesson on your own offline.

Celebrate Groundhog Day with learning activities and groundhog games for a variety of grades and ages.

Whether Phil's shadow appears or not, Phil your Groundhog Day with connections to math, science, geography, and more with these five Groundhog Day lesson plans from Education World.

Introduce children to the fun of shadows with the instructions for these cool hand play shadow "puppets" from PBSkids.