Earth Day 2020!
This is a global event, which is celebrated every year on the 22nd of April. This year, Earth Day is particularly special as it marks 50 years of celebrating this special day!
Why is Earth Day so important?
We only have one planet Earth and therefore it is important that we look after our world for future generations to come! On this day, people across the world raise awareness of climate change, pollution and other important climate issues that our Earth is facing. This is the first time in History the day has gone digital and it is a great time to do things at home to raise awareness, help our planet and celebrate this special day. Below are some activities you could try or if you find something of your own you would like to do, linked to Earth Day, go for it! We would love to see some photos of your work and activities!
Activities:
Can you research more about our Earth- find out some facts you didn’t know before! Could you write these down? You could present these as a fact file or magazine article? You could even create a quiz to test someone else with the facts you have found! NASA have some great facts and you can explore our planet from Space! https://solarsystem.nasa.gov/planets/earth/overview/
Could you create a poster encouraging people to do the 3R’s at home? Reduce, reuse, recycle. You could even write a letter to a friend, to encourage to reduce, reuse and recycle and why it is important!
Could you do some recycling? Could you discuss which materials are recyclable and which are not and sort these? Could you take some pictures doing your recycling?
Could you help plant something in the garden?
Could you find a bird-watching guide and spend some time outside in your garden or on a walk listening and looking out for the birds you see. Can you identify any birds by their call? How many birds did you spot – can you create a tally chart? What do you think could be done to encourage more birds to come to the local area?
You could listen to this story called Curious George Plants a Tree which is about how George the monkey tries to look after the world –
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hAq8pZ44mdE
Could you recycle some materials and make something new? Maybe a bird feeder or a desk tidy? Be creative!
Enjoy your daily walk, and take in what nature has to offer- you could do a nature scavenger hunt! I have attached a tick list of things to find on your walk to the school website.
Could you create some artwork? This could be based on inspiration from daily walks and nature, or could show our Earth melting maybe from climate change? Could you art inspire others to look after the planet?
Salt dough is also great way to make a model of our Earth!
Could you discuss your energy consumption at home? Can you make some pledges on what you could differently at home to help our planet?
Could you research plastic pollution or climate change? Could you write a fact file or persuasive text informing people on how they can help our planet?
Could you write a diary entry about a place in the world you would love to visit and have researched? The WWF has lots of information about our planet and how we can help! https://www.wwf.org.uk/get-involved/schools/our-planet
Could you write a letter to our Prime Minster, explaining what you think we should do to help reduce climate change?
P4C: Could you have a discussion at home about our planet- Can one person change the world? Could you draw and label a new invention which would help our world become a better place?