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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