You can lead by example by demonstrating good recycling practices, picking up litter, turning off unused lights and shunning plastic grocery bags. But sometimes, the entire family needs a little kick start. Even if your kids know the basics of being green, it never hurts to have a special occasion for really driving your examples home.
Earth Day is an opportunity to bring these lessons into sharper focus. We're not saying you have to sit your kids down and lecture them about programming the thermostat, composting and using compact fluorescent light bulbs. That would probably backfire and cause them to go on some sort of destructive environmental rampage -- so may we suggest the gentler and much more fun "playing games" method? Your kids will have a great time, and they'll learn much more in a hands-on manner than they would reading a book or watching a movie about environmental responsibility.
So, without further ado, here are five entertaining and educational kids' activities for Earth Day. This might be the easiest scavenger hunt you've ever organized -- no need to hide anything or buy items for the kids to find. Just let them loose in the backyard with a simple list of common backyard items: sticks, stones , feathers, flowers, bugs, different-colored leaves, whatever you can think of.
Older kids can build fairy houses and find patterns in nature. And if you play your cards right, you can have your yard cleaned up for free: Give bonus points for litter that can be trashed or recycled. For older kids who might be bored with a run-of-the-mill scavenger hunt, why not give geocaching a shot? It's like a high-tech, interactive treasure hunt. The only thing you'll need is a handheld GPS device. The kids can go to Geocaching.
The sites are identified only by their geographical coordinates and maybe a short description, so once the kids have entered the coordinates into the receiver, they're off on an adventure to find the geocache. Cyberchase Save the Park Mathematics. Wild Kratts Photoshoot Game Science. Wild Kratts Animal Match Science. Wild Kratts Monkey Mayhem Science. Wild Kratts Creature Mobile Science.
Wild Kratts Rhino Bowl Science. Wild Kratts Archerfish Bug Rush. Wild Kratts Amazin' Amazon Science. Arthur Moonlight Mazes Science. Arthur Arthur's Park. Splash and Bubbles Ocean Guide Science. Wild Kratts Cats and Dogs Science. Cyberchase Duck Dash. Pinkalicious and Peterrific Pinkamazing Family Game Take turns drawing, acting, singing and dancing with Pinkalicious!
Jet's Planet Pinball Play pinball and collect all the planets! Humans emit more than billion tonnes of chemical substances each year, in a toxic avalanche that is injuring people and life everywhere on the Planet.
Every moment of our lives we are exposed to thousands of these substances. They enter our bodies with each breath, meal or drink we take, the clothes and cosmetics we wear, the things we encounter every day in our homes, workplaces and travel. They affect every person, every day. The poisoning of our planet through man-made chemical emissions is probably the largest human impact — and the one that is least understood or regulated.
It is one of the ten major existential risks now confronting humanity. It has mostly occurred in just the last two generations.
Recent assessments find there are more than , man-made chemicals in existence. The US Department of Health estimates new chemicals are being released every year. The UN Environment Program warns most of these have never been screened for human health safety.
Toxic chemicals thus claim four times more lives than the Covid pandemic and constitute the largest mass killing in human history. The mercury found in the fish we eat is fallout from the burning of coal, and increases every year. Our seafood and marine life are contaminated with microplastics made from petroleum. There is global concern at the death of honeybees from 5 million tonnes of agricultural pesticides and the potential impact on the world food supply, as well as all insect life — and on the birds, frogs and fish which in turn depend on insects.
An issue largely overlooked by governments and corporations is that chemicals act in combination, occur in mixtures and undergo constant change. A single chemical may not occur in toxic amounts in one place — but combined with thousands of other chemicals it may contribute a much larger risk to the health and safety of the whole population and the environment that supports it.
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