Imagine if you could have super spy powers, like the ability to wear sneaky disguises that would fool all your friends. That is exactly what the Indonesian Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) does. This mysterious animal impersonates things like flatfish and sea snakes to trick predators into thinking it’s a toxic sea creature and not a yummy octopus.
Calling all Earthlings—your planet needs you! Climate change is causing lots of trouble on Planet Earth, but you’ve got what it takes to fight it. For today’s Eco-Activity, we want you to join our newest Challenge: Earth Defence Squad!
Inside of you are some seriously cool climate-change-defeating superpowers. When you join this Challenge, we’ll show you how to unleash them!
Step 1: Join the Earth Defence Squad Challenge!
Visit the Challenges section in the Earth Rangers App!
Step 2: Choose which superpowers you want to use!
You can Launch the Energy Zapper to stop energy vampires, Trigger Transformations to turn food scraps into nutritious soil, Engage Force Field to stop drafts from invading your house, and more!
Step 3: Log your superpowers to unlock rewards and complete the community goal!
When you’re finished, log your habits (AKA your super powers) in the app! The more habits you complete; the more rewards you unlock. Plus, every habit logged gets us closer to reaching the Community Goal: a donation to help pollinators!
Step 4: Teamwork makes the dream work!
Encourage your friends and family to use their climate-change-defeating super powers with you.
Step 5: Come back and use your superpowers every day!
Don’t forget to log your habits each time you complete them. The more you use your superpowers, the more you help slow down climate change!
Join the Earth Defence Squad now! By working together, climate change won’t stand a chance!
Hm…where did I put that thing…is it over here?… There it is! Oh, don’t mind me! I was just looking for my big neon Congratulations sign. Hang on, let me just turn it on… There we go!
But who are we congratulating? Well, that would be all of the kids who participated in our Battery Blitz School Contests in 2021. Can you believe that together, you collected over 10 tons (9,174 kg) of used batteries? That’s the weight of about 10 rhinos!
Earth Month Spring Contest
The spring contest was all about Prince Edward Island. 8 schools across the province competed to collect the most batteries in three weeks. These schools were definitely up to the task!
Top Three Schools:
Eliot River Elementary: 2203 kg
West Royalty Elementary: 966 kg
Morell Consolidated: 499 kg
Waste Reduction Week Fall Contest
For the fall, we returned to Prince Edward Island, but also added Manitoba and BC to the mix! This time there were 20 schools competing, and wow, did they ever crush this contest!
Top Three Schools:
Eliot River Elementary (PEI): 927 kg
Alberton School (PEI): 790 kg
O’Leary Elementary (PEI): 463 kg
Coming in first in BOTH contests, the winner is none other than Eliot River Elementary! Their battery collection for the year weighted 3,130 kg (about 3 rhinos), earning them more than $6,000 in cash prizes! AMAZING JOB!
A big shout out to the other schools who showed off their expert battery-recycling skills as well!
PEI: Belfast Consolidated, Central Queens Elementary, Donagh Regional School, Elm Street Elementary, Montague Consolidated, Parkdale Elementary, West Kent Elementary, and West Royalty Elementary
Manitoba: Al Hijra Islamic, Bertrun E. Glavin, Bird’s Hill, John de Graff, Mulvey School, and Prince Edward
BC: Alcuin College, Bibleway Christian, Boundary Elementary, Brentwood Park, Cawston Primary, and Vancouver College
Do you think your school has what it takes to compete for the 2022 title? Ask your teacher to reach out to Amy Vyse at avyse@earthrangers.com!
Let’s put your animal identification skills to the test! Can you guess what animal is hidden in this picture? Make your guess in the comments.
Looking for more fun stuff? Click here to come up with a funny caption, take a quiz or watch a cool video!
Jumbo squids (Dosidicus gigas) don’t need to speak to tell other animals they are upset. These sea creatures talk to one another using visual cues, some turn their body red to show anger or irritation.
Are you a hippo fan? Then you’ll love today! It’s World Hippo Day, the day when we celebrate these amazing creatures and encourage people to help protect them. Why not get started by putting your hippo knowledge to the test? For today’s Eco-Activity, take this quiz and find out just how much you know about hippos!
New Challenge alert! Are you ready to join the Earth Defence Squad and show climate change who’s boss? Look for this Challenge in the Earth Rangers App and on Project2050.ca.
You probably already know that climate change is causing lots of trouble on Planet Earth. What you might not know is that you’ve got some seriously cool climate-change-defeating superpowers inside of you. When you join the Earth Defence Squad Challenge, we’ll show you how to unleash them. In no time, you’ll be…
Use your powers every day to help slow down climate change! Don’t forget to log them in the Earth Rangers App or on Project2050.ca so you can earn some cool rewards.
When we reach the community goal of logging 60,000 habits, a donation will go towards helping protect nature’s own superheroes: pollinators! Plus, you’ll unlock a top secret video all about these amazing creatures and the work they do to help keep us alive!
We need your help! These animals are trying to tell us something but we can’t figure it out! Do you know what these zebras (or elephant) are thinking?
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