Healthy Living

Theme: Clean Energy, Healthy Communities

Hydrogen doesn’t just fall under our theme of Clean Energy, it also connects directly with Goal 7 of the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals that is all about ensuring access to affordable, reliable, sustainable and modern energy.  Learn about Sustainable Development and Energy at the United Nations website. Then answer these questions: 1. Why is Goal 7 […]

Theme: Cycles & Circles, Healthy Communities

This learning exercise is designed to help kids explore the important role trees play in supporting both people and the environment. Through “Trees, Please,” children will discover how trees provide food and shelter for living organisms, store carbon, produce oxygen, and contribute to a healthy planet. By using all five senses, this hands-on experience takes […]

Theme: Cycles & Circles, Water

Water is found in three states of matter on Earth – solid (ice), liquid (lakes, rivers, oceans), and gas (humidity in the atmosphere, clouds). The same water has been cycling through these three states for millions of years. Did you know that we are drinking the same water the dinosaurs drank! However, only 0.3% of […]

Theme: Healthy Communities, Water

Going on a nature search is a fun way for kids to explore the world around them! When you look for things in nature—like leaves, rocks, bugs, or animal tracks—you learn how amazing our planet is. Being outside helps you notice new colors, sounds, and shapes, and it makes you feel curious and excited. Nature […]

Theme: Cycles & Circles, Healthy Communities, Water

Not all water pollution is dumped directly into water bodies. Almost anything we put on the land or release into the air can end up in groundwater, rivers, lakes and oceans. Activities such as gold and silver mining, manufacturing plastics, using pesticides, and burning fossil fuels, plastics, wood and peat all release persistent pollutants into […]

Theme: Cycles & Circles, Healthy Communities

Are you heading for a nature hike? Perfect! This activity is for the love of BIRDS! Did you know that birds help keep our world healthy. They spread seeds to grow new plants, eat bugs that can harm trees and crops, and keep nature in balance. When we take care of birds, we help take […]

Theme: Cycles & Circles, Healthy Communities

Meet Olivia “The Mushroom Girl” Nugent, a young eco-inventor using mycelium (yes… mushroom roots!) to replace harmful plastics! 🍄💪 From science fairs to sustainable business dreams, Olivia shares how kids just like you can turn small ideas into BIG change. 🌍✨ Tune in, get inspired, and discover why fungi might be the superheroes our planet […]

Theme: Cycles & Circles, Food

As children creatively bring the different pollinators to life on this poster, discussion could acknowledge the amazing fact that that there are over 200,000 types of pollinators in the world. Believe it or not, one of every three bites of food we eat is thanks to the work of pollinators. We simply can’t live without […]

Theme: Cycles & Circles, Water

This poster for children to download and bring to life with their artistic creativity  also opens the door to discussion of an astounding water fact. Did you know that less than 1% of all water on earth can be used by people? That’s because the rest  is either salt water, or frozen. As population grows, more […]

Theme: Healthy Communities

Affirmations can help us sleep and feel better by putting positive thoughts into our minds. Here is poster for children — or anyone for that matter—  to make into a beautiful starry night. Try setting bedside to inspire  a peaceful night’s sleep! What if everyone in the house had a poster like this? Just imagine all […]