Founded in 1970, Earth Day is celebrated globally on April 22nd. Earth Day is an important day to practice treating our planet with respect and educating ourselves about environmental issues. Teaching kids how to take care of our Earth is especially important. To help make Earth Day fun, there are many DIY projects that kids will love, all while learning about our planet and how to protect it:
- Discovery Bottles
This project is packed with science! You will need two or more plastic bottles, depending on how many you would like to make. Fill half of the first bottle with water and use blue food coloring to make it the color of the ocean. Then, add clear baby oil until the bottle is almost full, leaving some room at the top. For the second bottle, fill it with water and add metal paper clips. Using a magnet, you can move the paper clips around in the water. Discuss these experiments with your kids and ask them what they think about the planet. There are many varieties and different objects you can use to make these discovery bottles a unique and fun learning activity.
2. Pollution Jars
A great way to teach kids about how severely littering can pollute water is through litter pollution jars. All you need is a jar of any kind filled with water. Then, gather small pieces of trash and place them in the water-filled jar. You can use trash found around the house, or collect the debris of other litterbugs outdoors. Next, watch the water over several days to see how it begins to turn darker. This will help encourage your kids to think twice before deciding to litter.
3. “I Promise” Posters
“I promise” Earth Day posters are a great project for getting your kids to think about how they can help save our planet. First, start by having them paint a picture of our earth with their handprint in the center. Then, have them write on a piece of paper what they promise to do to keep our planet clean and attach it to the painting. By writing specifically what they are going to do, it will stick much longer!
Earth Day learning is sure to be a blast with these fun projects! Your kids will love seeing how the earth works, how litter affects our planet, and what they can do to help our planet.
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