It’s easy to feel like pollution is an overwhelming, unsolvable problem. But there is something YOU can do about it! Here are 10 Simple Habits you can adopt to help reduce your carbon footprint, and take pollution down to zero! Ditch the plastic straws and utensils 500,000,000 plastic straws are thrown away every day in … Read more
Celebrate Earth Day in the Garden! Here are some ideas to get your kids out of their seats and into your garden to engage with their environment this Earth Day, April 22nd. Plant Sweet Potatoes Now is the time to prepare sweet potato slips for planting, and the perfect time to introduce George Washington … Read more
Celebrate Earth Day, April 22, with these fun, easy, and engaging activities for the schoolyard. These hands-on activities are a great way to empower your students to create positive change in their community and school. Go on a Scavenger Hunt Plant a Tree and Make the World a Better Place Make Seed Balls for Pollinator … Read more
Earth Day is a day that was created to promote awareness and appreciation for the Earth’s environment and occurs on April 22nd. These great learning activities will get you started in making Earth Day every day! Do Good and Increase Your Ecological Handprint Find Out What’s Good In Your Hood… Build a Native “AirBee n’Bee”: An Engineering Challenge Go … Read more
Between April 26 and 29, cities around the world will be competing to see who can make the most observations of nature, find the most species, and engage the most people in the 2019 City Nature Challenge. Check to see if your city is one of 100 places participating in this friendly competition. You can … Read more
A Scavenger Hunt is a great way to engage students outdoors. Divide the class into teams of three and send them on a mission! If the class is too large for three teams, consider letting half the class do another activity while half are divided into teams for the hunt. The basic GooseChase app is … Read more
Trees provide shelter and food for animals, emit oxygen, sequester carbon dioxide that otherwise might be trapping heat in the atmosphere, provide shade, and stabilize soil with their roots. It’s hard to imagine an Earth Day project that has greater impact than tree planting. Your class can select a species and order seedlings from Georgia … Read more
Tired of hearing what a negative impact humans have on the planet? Frustrated by feeling like BigFoot when you calculate your ecological or carbon footprint? Handprinter.org lets you flip that mindset upside down and figure out how much Good you contribute to the world. Kids can adjust the parameters to see what actions they could … Read more
Maybe the nature in your schoolyard seems somewhat limited, and the nearest park is a long way away. Even when it seems there are more buildings around than trees, your neighborhood is still part of an urban ecosystem. Kids can use the “What’s Good in My Hood?” workbook by Akiima Price to discover the best … Read more
Seeds rolled up in clay and compost balls make a great portable garden-starter that can be used on campus or in wasteland areas where wildflowers would be welcome. Kids can research what species of wildflowers are native and important to birds, bees, butterflies and other pollinators in the area and ask for donations from local … Read more