Bee Friendly: Build a Bee House: grades 3-4

Bees need your help! The more we use land to build houses, the less land bees have to build hives. Our Earth Day biologists will learn all about the hive structure of bees and how they can do their part to help bees find a safe place to go. After learning where bees like to live, you will design and build your own bee house. Once finished, you and your adult at home can set up the bee house in your own yard or maybe in a nearby forest preserve. The Earth’s bees will thank you for their new safe home! 

Greener Cleaners: Some Earth-Friendly Chemical Engineering: grades 5-6

While it may seem counterintuitive to think that household cleaners contribute to polluting the environment since they exist to clean things, the fact is that many of the commercially-sold cleaners often contain chemicals which contribute to air pollution, lower drinking water quality, and are toxic to animals! In this Earth Day program, we will identify the chemical culprits to watch out for when buying cleaners (and learn about some of the chemistry behind what makes these ingredients particularly harmful). We will then put our efforts into devising and testing our own eco-friendly cleaner recipes that can be used to disinfect our homes without polluting our Earth. 

Tiny Homes, Big Impact: grades 7-8

The Tiny Home architectural and social movement encourages people to live a more simple life in a smaller space. Adopting this way of life means having less “stuff”, using fewer utilities, and having less waste which can not only save you money (and stress), but it can also be more beneficial to the environment. In this Earth Day program, our aspiring architects will create a model floor plan of a tiny home, to scale, that meets a variety of earth-friendly criteria! Of course there may even be some “room” for aesthetics, so bring your interior (and exterior) designing skills (and materials) with you! 

Each session $20. Click here for complete details and registation.