Children of the Earth is a great family friendly, kid heavy, green focused website. There’s plenty to see and do, tons of activities, book rec commendations, eco-ideas submitted by kids, an eco-gallery of art by kids, a green home section, and lots more.
You could play around here for a good long while before running out […]
The Eco-Bottle Treehouse Project is pretty in-depth; but a nice project to reuse old 2-liters and to teach kids about Biodiversity and Ecology.
Stats from the project website:
Learner Level: Beginner; Intermediate
Target Grade/Age Level: High School (Ages 15-18). Can be modified for many age/grade levels
Learning Objective(s): Plan and build an ecobottle (or eco-column) out of five 2-liter […]
With summer here, maybe you’re looking for something new to do. We’ve posted lots on fun kid activities, so I thought I’d round up a good bunch of stuff that you and more importantly, your kids, might enjoy. Don’t forget, if all else fails, there’s always a picnic at the park.
Nature based fun:
Nature Experiment […]
With summer coming up (or here) you need some long-term projects for the kids and this one is super. I would have totally gotten into this as a kid. I’m actually trying to talk Cedar into this for one of our summer projects.
The Perfect Dollhouse: A homemade miniature villa from Family Fun. It’s a tiny, […]
If you’ve got a load of paper to be recycled; why not put it to some fun use first. You can get double the use out of paper with these cool folded paper projects for kids.
Paper Toys: From double decker buses to dinosaurs to Jimi Hendrix’s guitar, this site has a load of folded paper […]
This is a really cool project for older kids. I’d love to try it with Cedar, but he’s still little enough that he measures everything in “Spongbob episode” time. Time makes him fuzzy.
[Sundial Bridge at Turtle Bay via Nasa]
Make your own sundial:
Nasa offers one of the better make your own paper sundial pages I’ve seen. […]
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