Take this activity with you into nature and see what you can find!

Colouring In! Humans have flooded the planet with plastic, and now we’re seeing its dangerous effects. Let’s send plastic packing from our oceans.

Shoes made from chewing gum? Jackets made from drink bottles? Go beyond the recycling bins and find out how everyday objects and materials can be broken down and made into something new.

This activity encourages students to explore various aspects of complex issues. It encourages students to consider the interaction of science and diverse community views.

We all have an odd sock now and then. Do something good with yours. Up-cycle it into a socktopus!

It’s time to talk trash with Bill Nye the Science Guy.

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELDw2kjr1J4

Nanogirl, Emma and her friends from Breens Intermediate visit ESR in Christchurch where they meet expert Olga Pantos and find out all about microplastics.

Link to experiment: https://youtu.be/b-2s-g8_JHU

Is dead seaweed rubbish? Follow these directions to find the answer...

We all love watching manu in the garden. Why not make your
garden more attractive for birds?

Make your own shark model using these helpful instructions.

Did you know plastics can be made from lots of different things? Try this easy experiment at home to make your own plastic from milk!

Your ‘carbon footprint’ is the total amount of carbon dioxide (CO2) you release into the atmosphere during your daily activities. Simple actions can lead to major changes for the future of our planet.

Lots of things around us are made of plastic. But what is plastic? Does it grow on a plastic plant?
Suzy uses milk to investigate! She even manages to sneak some jelly beans in too :D

Dr Michelle Dickinson will cover the basic science of making plastics to have different properties as well as recycling plastics, carry out a hands-on experiment and talk about bioplastics with Dr Florian Graichen from Scion.

This episode doesn’t stink, even though it’s about pollution.

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9h3kjFRLpWs

This activity encourages students to explore various aspects of complex issues. It encourages students to consider the interaction of science and diverse community views.

The environment is an important modern day topic. Recycling is a key part of this so get students involved with this lesson plan that contains some fun activity ideas and key concepts.

The idea of recycling unwanted materials will be familiar to most children. Many schools already have recycling schemes in place.

We all have a rubbish monster – are you looking after yours? Use the tick boxes to assess how you’re doing, or to make some important changes.

Frame up pictures of your most loved NZ places, plants, and animals with rubbish you’ve collected just by walking around your community. It will inspire you to reduce your waste and/or manage your waste properly for sure!

Where does the water go when it rains? This is a very good question and hopefully rainwater is the only thing that arrives at that final destination!

An activity to explain the feeding relationships of marine animals and plants and to investigate the results of human intervention on these relationships.

Draft stoppers, or draft excluders, are a great tool for energy saving. They stop cold air getting into buildings (and warm air getting out) by lying in front of the bottom crack of doors and windows.

Establish your own waste minimisation project at home or school. There is lots of scope for us to better reduce waste and to reclaim useful resources from our waste too.