kid’s activities
Read:
PLANET PATROL
Great Australian webzine written by kids for kids that recently won the Foundation for Australian Youth ‘Sparks’ Award. Welcomes stories from budding eco-journalists and includes articles, news, games, and fun n facts.
ECOBITES
An online eco-magazine packed full with loads of helpful information and news, including a section on eco-parenting and the Eco Kids Magazine.
READINGS
A selection of environmentally themed books for kids, from preschoolers to young adults.
Learn & Take Action:
CREATE YOUR FUTURE
An information packed site where kids learn about different environmental issues and what actions they can take to help create a better future.
ECOKIDS
Awesome eco games, challenges, activities, eco-facts and competitions.
KIDSRGREEN
Cool information packed site with activities, projects, crosswords, puzzles, jigzaws and games.
LITTLE ANIMATION
Super fun animation site with games, music and stories for young kids.
MEET THE GREENS
Emmy award winning site featuring cool flash animated adventure episodes that teach sustainably and green living to kids.
MILLENIUM KIDS
A non profit organisation run by 10 - 25 year olds committed to improving the environment through projects, conferences, activies and seminars.
OLLIE’S WORLD
Massive education site where kids learn about the four R’s: Reduce, Reuse, Recycle & Rethink and apply them through a range of activities and competitions by taking action in their local neighbourhood; they then present the results on their own web page.
PROJECT AWARE
Project Aware Kids receive and complete cool missions to help protect the underwater environment.
SPROUTS - GROWING GARDENERS
A gardening club that provides parents with the resources to ignite and motivate children’s interest in gardening activities at home. Members receive a ‘sprouts’ pack each season with seeds, activities, recipes, and ideas. The club regularly profiles club-member gardens, giving children the opportunity to showcase their efforts.
THE STEPHANIE ALEXANDER KITCHEN GARDEN FOUNDATION
An initiative aimed at pleasurable food education for young children, who learn to design, build, and maintain vegetable gardens, and then create meals from the food produced.
Science & Wildlife:
ARKIVE EDUCATION
Multi-media educational resource for kids focused on geography, biology and environmental education – from ARKive, the world’s centralised library of films and photographs of the world’s endangered species.
EDUGREEN
The Energy and Resources Institute (TERI) have put together a huge site packed full of environmental information that is presented to children in a fun, assessable way.
KIDS EARTH
Earth Science games from NASA.
KIDS GO WILD
An initiative of the Wildlife Conservation Society, this educaitonal resources teaches kids about wildlife and endangered species.
EARTHQUAKES FOR KIDS
Comprehensive educational resource on earthquakes including facts, history, puzzles & games, activities and animations provided by the United States Geological Survey’s (USGS) Earthquake Hazards Program.
Know of a great site that’s not listed here? Send it through to raquel@growingupgreen.com.au
