Now that Halloween is over, what are you doing with your jack-o’-lantern? Don’t just throw it away; turn it into something new! For today’s Eco-Activity, we’ll show you how to make a pumpkin bird feeder for our flying friends!

Instructions:

1. Cut your jack-o’-lantern in half.

2. To make the first perch, push one of the sticks through the wall of the pumpkin, leaving enough room for a bird to stand on.

3. To make the second perch, repeat step 2 but on the opposite side of the pumpkin.

4. Put your two ropes together and tie a knot in the middle.

5. Place your pumpkin over top of the knot and spread the rope out evenly. When you pick up the rope, it should cradle the pumpkin.

6. Put the tack through the knot in the rope and into the pumpkin to make sure it stays in place.

7. Decide where you want to hang your bird feeder. It could be off a tree branch or even a hook outside. Hang your birdfeeder up by tying the ends of the rope together.

8. Fill the pumpkin with bird seed and see who stops by!

The Earth Rangers App is where kids go to save animals! It’s free to join and you’ll have access to real-world Missions like this one. Plus, you can adopt an animal to support conservation projects, and learn all about animals in the Wild Wire Blog. Find activities like this, and so much more in the App!

Have you ever wanted to see what it’s like to be a polar bear researcher? For today’s Eco-Activity, that’s exactly what you’ll be doing. Buckle up, you’ve got some polar bears to study! 

First we need to travel to Hudson’s Bay. Don’t worry, it’s just through your computer. There you’ll find seven polar bears roaming around, and it’s your job to learn as much as you can about them. Each bear is wearing a tracking collar so you can see where they’ve gone, but enough chit chat! You’ve got some important information to collect!

Instructions

1. Click here to meet the polar bears.

2. Check out each of the bears to find out how far they travelled, how old they are and other important information

3. Record your data by answering the questions below!

4. Double check your answers and when you’re done, don’t hesitate to show off your new knowledge to your friends.

Being a real polar bear researcher is a lot of work. Just ask our partner, Larissa Thelin from the University of Alberta! She’s working hard to learn how climate change will affect polar bears in the Davis Strait—that’s the area between Baffin Island and Greenland! You can help support her work with an Earth Rangers Wildlife Adoption. Check them out here!

The Earth Rangers App is where kids go to save animals! It’s free to join and you’ll have access to real-world Missions like this one. Plus, you can adopt an animal to support conservation projects, and learn all about animals in the Wild Wire Blog. Find activities like this, and so much more in the App!

Halloween is amazing; you get to go trick-or-treating, eat candy, and dress up in super cool costumes, who wouldn’t love it? If you trick-or-treat with a pillowcase, did you know that it can hold around 1600 pieces of candy? That’s a LOT of candy. While all that candy sounds delicious to us, after Halloween, some of these candy wrappers and other Halloween decorations can find their way into our streets, parks, and wild areas. For today’s eco-activity, we’re going to get prepared to properly throw away all the escaped halloween wrappers by organizing a post-Halloween clean up!

Instructions: 

1. Decide on when and where you’re going to be having 

your post-Halloween clean up. 

2. Fill out the Halloween Clean Up Email 

3. Email it to your friends, family, and/or neighbourhood with the supervision of your parent(s) or guardian(s). 

4. Don’t have someone’s email? Let them know when you see them! 

The Earth Rangers App is where kids go to save animals! It’s free to join and you’ll have access to real-world Missions like this one. Plus, you can adopt an animal to support conservation projects, and learn all about animals in the Wild Wire Blog. Find activities like this, and so much more in the App!