The CUTEST Baby Otters

Calling All Agents to the Rescue!

Buddies! We need your help ASAP! There has been a huge oil spill in the Atlantic Ocean by New Orleans and Pesto is wondering if anyone has any ideas about how EcoBuddies can help the animals and fish by the spill.

Please post your comments and let us know ok?

Shazam!
Pesto!

And the Winners of the BC Scavenger Hunt Contest Are...

After a busy contest, EcoBuddies is SO proud to announce that we have two winners for our Earth Day Scavenger Hunt for BC! The winners are:

First Prize ($150 gift certificate to bookstore): Lake Hill Elementary School in Victoria!
Second Prize ($50 gift certificate to bookstore): Kelowna Elementary School!

All participants will get EcoBuddies stickers and posters sent to their school classroom!

Hope you had a blast and learned all about the amazing animals featured in the Scavenger Hunt!

Shazam! Pesto

Problems viewing EcoBuddies?

Problems viewing EcoBuddies?

Here is an alternate link to EcoBuddies for those of you having a hard time viewing our scavenger hunt.

http://ecobuddies-b.appspot.com/

Happy hunting!!!!!

Pesto

Earth Day Scavenger Hunt for BC Schools

Earth Day Scavenger Hunt for BC Elementary School Classrooms

This Earth Day, Thursday April 22, 2010, between 9am and 2pm, EcoBuddies is challenging BC Elementary School classrooms to a Scavenger Hunt that focuses on Endangered Animals! Use one or several computers to log into EcoBuddies (www.ecobuddies.com) with your classroom and search the green-inspired world of EcoBuddies for answers to the clues listed below. Teachers, please email your answers to support@ecobuddies.com with the name of your school and grade of your class.

FIRST PRIZE: The classroom that emails the correct answers to the clues first will get a $150 gift certificate to a bookstore of their choice!

SECOND PRIZE: The classroom that correctly answers the clues in second place will receive a $50 gift certificate to a bookstore of their choice!

PARTICIPATION PRIZE: Each classroom that participates will get EcoBuddies posters and stickers for their classroom.

Answers to the clues will be distributed throughout the EcoBuddies world on April 22, 2010 (not before this date). Look for the animals that match the clues, click on the animal, and get the information needed to answer the clue. Note: For time's sake, no answers will be in the Eco-Explorer's Hut due to the large amount of school content classroom's would have to go through within the hut.

If you do not have time to create log-in accounts for yourself of your class please email EcoBuddies at support@ecobuddies.com or call us at 604-568-5189 and we will make up ten accounts for you.

Earth Day Scavenger Hunt Clues for BC Elementary School Classrooms

This Scavenger Hunt is based on giving students information about some of the world's top endangered animals, as well as ways to protect animals in the future. Kids will learn about these animals, as well as ways to protect the animals in the future. Kids will get information about these animals when they click on the animal and search for answers to the clues!

Earth Day Scavenger Hunt Clues:

1. The Vaquita is the smallest __________ (fill in the blank).
2. How many pounds are the Pink Amazon River Dolphin's babies?
3. Where does the Sumatran Orangutan sleep?
4. Tigers like to __________ (fill in the blank).
5. What game do young Mountain Gorillas like to play?
6. Bonobo Monkey's are known as the __________ of the Chimpanzee family (fill in the blank).
7. How do African Elephants help plants to grow?

PENGUINS FOR KINGBOO AND MOLLY!

Penguins are amazing creatures! Here are some awesome facts about them!

1. Penguins spend half of their life in the ocean!
2. In 25 mya (like, a long time ago, like THOUSANDS of years ago) there were 5 foot penguins! Ah!
3. Both mom and dad penguins take care of baby chicks, keeping them warm and snuggled in a pouch by their feet.
3. When penguins are swimming in the water they move like birds flying through the air- this shows how amazing and graceful they are as swimmers!

Yay Penguins!

Stay Green!
Violet

BLOG POST OF THE WEEK FROM GREEN BUDDIES GROUP!

This blogspost is from Caramel, Julia1 and Molly4s blog The Green Buddies Group. They have lots of really cool information and are very caring! Check it out at http://greenbuddiesgrope.blogspot.com/2010/01/eco-buddies.html#comments

Shazam,

Pesto

PENNIES FOR PANDAS: A GREAT WAY TO SUPPORT PANDAS

WOW! CHECK OUT WHAT THIS SUPER COOL SCHOOL DID TO HELP PANDAS!

Students and staff members at Sky Vista Middle School have raised more than $1,200 in pennies for the Pennies 4 Pandas program, which benefits the endangered giant panda. The money will be used to replant bamboo forests in China which were destroyed by the May 2008 earthquake. Bamboo is the giant panda’s primary food source.

Sixth-grader Dylan Hobson brought in 7,000 pennies by himself!

“It made me feel really good because I knew I was making a difference in the world,” said Hobson. “It took a while though. I had two backpacks full of pennies and they were so heavy!”

Eighth-grader Kiana Mun-Williams said she learned that giant pandas are an important part of the earth’s ecosystem and was glad to help them.

“Pandas are adorable and we don’t need anymore extinct animals,” Mun-Williams said. “We worked as a team and had fun.”

Students, teachers or organizations who would like information or want to participate in Pennies 4 Pandas can go to www.pennies4pandas.org or call (303) 933-2365. General information about the history, mission and programs of Pandas International can be found at www.pandasinternational.org

ECOBUDDIES PARTNER PANDAS INTERNATIONAL WISHES YOU A BEARY CHRISTMAS

This is sooooo cute. Check it out. Pandas International is a wonderful organization that helps kids and adults support Pandas! Pandas are an endangered animal so they need lots of love and support!

Check out the organization by clicking here: http://www.pandasinternational.org

Stay Green!

Violet

I NEED GREEN CHRISTMAS TIPS :)

I am wondering if you can tell me how to be green on Christmas... like, for example, what types of things we can do to make sure that we do not throw lots of stuff away. Let me know what you think, ok? I will post all of your responses on my blog!

Stay Cool and Go Green!

Violet

BUNNY'S FOR MOLLY4

A TORTIOSE FOR COMBA!

Comba Womba has a tortoise named Tommy! I wonder if he is big or small. If it is a big one, Comba must have a HUGE tank.

Tortoises are reptiles that live on land. They can be tiny or very large- up to 2 meters long! Tortoises are very reclusive, which means they are not social creatures. Baby tortoises are called hatchlings and use something called an 'egg tooth' to break out of their shells.

The lifespan of tortoises are comparable to the lifespan of humans although some live much longer. The oldest tortoise to ever live was one that was given to Captain Cook in 1777 when it was just a baby. His name was Tu'i Malila and he lived to be 188 years old- WOW! He lived longer than Captain Cook!

Tortoises are pretty cool, hey?

Stay Cool and Be Green!

Violet

Pandas International- Awesome Page for Kids!

Photo: Rob, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0/

Awwww! Want to see the cutest videos of Pandas EVER? Check out this website:
Pandas International Just for Kids!
http://www.pandasinternational.org/kids.html

Pandas International has a really awesome hut in EcoBuddies in Tiki Island! Have you checked it out yet?

Be Cool and Stay Green!

Violet

Animal of the Week: Kittens!

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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/

Mathias Erhart

As promised to Queen Fuzzbally of EcoBuddies, the animal of the week is kittens! Can you believe that cat moms have 2-3 litters of kittens per year and 1-8 kittens per litter? Wow! This means a cat mom has about 100 kittens in her lifetime. That's a lot of kitties to care for!

The cat with the most kittens was a mom called Dusty who had 480 kittens in her lifetime! Wow!

One of the most amazing cats was from Argentina. Her name was Mincho and she climbed up a tree and lived there for 6 years, never coming down the tree! She had three litters of kittens even while living in the tree... WOW!

Kittens begin dreaming at one week old. Their eye color begins changing as they grow older. Kittens cannot see or hear when they are born. They begin to open their eyes at 5 days old and their hearing and vision develop after 2 weeks.

A group of kittens is called a kindle- cute!

If any Buddies want to send me a picture of their kitten or cat I will post it on this blog, ok?

Stay Cool and Be Green!

Violet

Check Out This Amazing Video!

Waste Reduction Week: Ocotber 19 to 25

Wow! It is waste reduction week! October 19 to the 25th! So what does that mean? It means that this is a great week to think about how you can care for our planet, as well as how to reduce the amount of garbage you create!

One of the things I thought about this week was how to reduce the amount of garbage I create from all the stuff in my lunch box. My mom usually gives me a granola bar that comes in a wrapper, a juice box, a sandwich wrapped in tinfoil, and an apple. We decided together that we would make some changes this week so my lunch created less waste. Now we are baking cookies to replace the granola bar so that we don't use extra wrappers and we are using reusable containers for my juice, sandwich, apple and cookies. Yeah!

I feel pretty happy!

Over and out, Stay Green!

Violet

EcoBuddies Partners with Pandas International and Kids Saving the Rainforest!

Oh My Goodness! EcoBuddies is partnering with Pandas International and Kids Saving the Rainforest in order to give its players information about the awesome work that these organizations do and the animals they protect!

By the end of today, you will be able to check out the Pandas International hut within our virtual world right beside our Eco-Explorers hut on the Tiki Islands!!

Next week you will be able to explore the Kids Saving the Rainforest hut too, which will be located beside the Pandas International Hut and the Eco-Explorers Hut! Yeah!

Let us know what you think of all the cool new materials!

Yay! Violet

AN AMAZING BOOK ON CLIMATE CHANGE FOR YOU!

All About Climate Change

Pasadena Joe's Eco Explorers Club

Hey Buddies!

Pasadena Joe has opened his Eco Explorer's Club in Tiki Island Village. Come join up and become a real explorer. Pasadena Joe has made lots of activities for you to do, like coloring sheets, paper crafts, scavenger hunts, games and e-books about your favorite animals!

Huzzah!
Pesto

JAGUAR!!! WOWOWOWO!!!!

Photo: MarcusObal/GNU Doc License

Did you know that the Jaguar is the only large cat to be native to Central and South America? Their bite is supposed to be much harsher than any other large cat as well! They have huge teeth and a big bite because they eat lots of reptiles with hard shells. WOW!