Eco Resources
1. Living Cameras
You will need:
blindfolds
What you do:
1. In pairs, and choose one player to be the ‘camera’, and the other to be the ‘photographer’.
2. The ‘camera’ closes their eyes, or is blindfolded, and is carefully led by the photographer.
3. The ‘photographer’ positions the ‘camera’ where there is a beautiful or interesting view.
4. The ‘camera’ then takes a photograph by opening and closing their eyes. The ‘camera’ can then describe the brief flash of the picture they saw.
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Green Bingo
What you need:
pencils
green bingo sheet (see below)
What you do:
1. Talk to one other to find out who has done the different things listed on the sheet. Add their name to the relevant box.
2. After a set time, share the results of the bingo. Did anyone managed to fill all the boxes?
recycles their rubbish
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often travels by bus |
has helped in a litter pick
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has a compost bin
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has rescued an injured wild animal |
can name an extinct animal
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grows their own fruit or vegetables |
regularly buys environmentally friendly products
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has weeded a garden recently
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has planted a tree |
uses energy saving light bulbs at home
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has ridden a bike recently |
buys things from charity shops
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can name an endangered animal
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has a bird box in their garden |
saves water in a water butt |
remembers to shut the lights off when leaving the room |
has visited a nature reserve |
3. Passport to Planet Earth
What you need:
recycled, scrap, or home made paper
ribbon or wool
hole-punch
plain white recycled or scrap paper
stars or stamps
What you do:
Make a passport and collect stamps, or stars, for every activity you do. You can even make your own environment stamp for passport entries following the activity .
To make the cover of the passport, use coloured scrap paper or your own home made paper. The paper recipe is included in this section of the pack.
Add your groups name and logo and design your own cover for the passport. Fold this in half to make the passport cover.
Fold more recycled, scrap or home made paper in half and position it inside the cover.
Hole-punch the spine and secure the passport by tying ribbon or wool through the holes. You could staple the passport together instead.
On completing activities, you can get your passport stamped.
4 Tree faces
What you need:
mud
twigs
leaves
seeds
What you do:
Choose a tree.
Use mud, twigs, leaves, seeds and any other natural things you can find to make a face on the bark of a tree. The mud will help stick it to the tree.
Be careful not to damage the tree.
Enjoy your image before it gets washed and blown away by the rain and wind!
5 Sunflower and Chocolate cake - always wash your hands before preparing or eating food
What you need:
150g cooking chocolate,
50g cornflakes
25g ready-to-eat sunflower seeds
25g raisins
paper cases
What you do:
Melt the chocolate.
Crush the cornflakes by placing them in a bag and crushing them with a rolling pin.
Add the cornflakes, sunflower seeds and raisins to the melted chocolate and mix well.
Place a spoonful of the mixture into paper cases and leave to cool.
Enjoy!
Why not sell these to friends and family as a group fundraiser.
Fascinating fact:
“Sunflower stems were used to fill lifejackets before modern materials were invented.”
6 The Bean Game
Beans
What you do:
Create a list of different types of beans and think of actions to go with them.
A leader then calls out a type of bean and players must perform the matching action.
Players see how fast they can match the action to the type of bean called out!
Here are some suggestions:
French - shout ‘ooh la la!’
Broad – spread arms and legs to make your body as wide as possible.
Runner - run on the spot
Beans on toast - sit down and huddle together
Jumping - jump up and down
Chilli - shiver
Baked – pretend you feel hot
Black eye - hold your eye
Kidney - hold your back
Fascinating fact:
“Termites create the most amount of flatulence.”