Earth Day

I did a lot of tweeting about earth day, because I believe that it should be celebrated. Here are the activities that you could have and still can do, to teach children of any age about the importance of our only home planet!


https://ed.ted.com/earth-school - Endorsed by the UN and several other organisations, there are loads of activities here that can keep you going for a month. They are not too taxing and yet still educational and fun.

https://www.climate-lab-book.ac.uk/2020/wanted-rainfall-observers/ - If you have a rain gauge, you can get involved straight away. All you have to do is record rainfall each day and email it. You can keep a log yourself and become a UK climate expert in the future.


https://www.nationalgeographic.com/family/2020/04/neighborhood-safari/ - We actually did the activity at home as, surprisingly, Salford has a lot of weird wild animals. It's goo to keep your knowledge local and maybe go out, explore and collect things to put in on your picture.

https://friendsoftheearth.uk/climate-friendly-communities - See how environmentally friendly your local area is and how to make it better. I had a little competition on Twitter, but I only received 3 areas - would be interesting to see how the rest of the UK is doing.

https://www.earthday.org - The official Earth Day site - There were several live events on at the time but these can be watched back and competed in your own time. This was more of a global focus, looking at what is happening around the world to help combat climate change and appreciate our Earth.

https://news.disney.com/magicmoments - Disney got involved this year - on the back of the National Geographic. either way, there's loads of activities for students of all ages, which was nice to see.

https://www.nasa.gov/feature/goddard/2020/earthdayathome-with-nasa/ - My favourite - NASA. They always seem to pull it out of the bag every year. They don't just do art tasks, they involve technology like mapping, coding etc. Well worth a look even when it's not Earth Day.

Finally a knitting pattern of a globe. Roughly the size of your hand when completed but can be made bigger depending on wool, tension and needle size. It's a great pattern and can be found here


Have a go - let us know which ones you liked best! Or even show us your results!

Kind Regards,

Miss Cox