The Environment and Human Health

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: 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

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, Water

“Water is Life!” , “What Goes Around Comes Around!“ As children bring this Water Cycle poster to life through their creativity, they can also get creative with their ideas for slogans about water inspired by water.  To get them started they can think about water being the ultimate shape-shifter.

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, Healthy Communities

Future Chicken and Frittata connect with Theland Kicknosway, an inspiring young Indigenous leader, who shares his wisdom on respecting nature and the importance of living in harmony with the Earth. Learn about the deep connections between Indigenous cultures and the natural world, and how these teachings can guide us in protecting bees and other vital […]

Theme: Cycles & Circles, Healthy Communities

Future Chicken and Frittata learn why it’s important to reduce waste with environmental activist Robin Greenfield. Robin shares his inspiring journey of living simply and reducing waste, including his experiment as the “Trash Man,” where he wore every piece of trash he generated for a month. Discover practical tips on how we can all make […]

Theme: Cycles & Circles, Healthy Communities

Future Chicken and Frittata learn about the importance of protecting animals with young wildlife conservationist Aneeshwar Kunchala. Learn how Aneeshwar’s passion for animals drives his mission to protect endangered species and preserve their habitats. He shares his journey of connecting with nature from a young age and how his love for animals, like hedgehogs and […]