Celebrate Earth Day!

Earth Day is April 22nd

NEED has you covered for great Earth Day

lessons and activities!

FUN IN THE SUN

Build a solar oven with your students or family using NEED's directions, or design your own oven. Use your solar oven to melt cheese for nachos, heat up a hot dog, or make s'mores!

Written directions

Beaded Chameleon

Ultraviolet Beads contain a special chemical that turns color when exposed to UV light.

Written Directions

NEED's suite of Climate Science guides provide great background information and hands-on activities!

Understanding Climate Science includes:

Land Ice/Sea Ice - activity to learn the effects sea and land ice have on sea level, when melted.

Carbon In My Life - learn how CO₂emissions occur throughout a product's life cycle.

Carbon Footprint - quantify and describe your individual carbon footprint.

We've also got Today in Energy, Talking Trash, Plug Loads, and more in NEED's suite of energy efficiency and conservation guides.

Quiz and Calculate with your Students!

REDUCE, REUSE, RECYCLE..

AND UPCYCLE

Recycling has many benefits, but deciding to recycle is just the first step. You'll want to ensure you recycle items correctly! What is recyclable depends on your area. Do a quick online search or make a call to your local government or recycling provider and learn more on how to recycle common household items here.

Did You Know?

Recycling one ton of office paper can save the energy equivalent of consuming 322 gallons of gasoline.

Recycling just one ton of aluminum cans conserves more than 152 million Btu, the equivalent of 1,024 gallons of gasoline or 21 barrels of oil consumed.

Recycling just 10 plastic bottles saves enough energy to power a laptop for more than 25 hours.

Paper makes up 23 percent of municipal solid waste (trash) generated each year, more than any other material.

Source: United States EPA

Energy Conservation Contract

In this outreach activity, students learn about energy conservation and ask their families to sign contracts in which they agree to save energy. Students then calculate the energy savings, and re-evaluate their conservation measures.

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