Dear Teachers and Parents,
We did it!
Thanks to you, students at Fairmeadow Elementary, Hoover Elementary and Duveneck Elementary, successfully completed the FLIP THE SWITCH Challenge to conserve electricity. Can you guess how many flips the students did in just one week?
A WHOPPING 20,000+ FLIPS!
Duveneck students got 3,000+ flips, Fairmeadow students got 4,000+ flips and Hoover students got an incredible 12,000+ flips. That’s a lot of electricity saved in just a week!
We sincerely hope this is just the beginning of a wonderful eco-habit – for both, the little kids, and the entire family!
Through the Challenge, students learned about global warming, renewable energy and ways they can reduce their own electricity usage. They received hard copies of the Kat Kid Adventure Post, Energy Edition — an eco-magazine filled with fun facts, news and inspiring stories of eco heroes from around the world.
Below is a fun eco-quiz to recap all that they learnt! Take this ECO-QUIZ with your kiddo at home and enjoy an eco-chat. All answers are in the magazine, click here to download a digital version.
FLIP THE SWITCH ECO-FACTS & QUIZ
Did you know that 2023 was the hottest year ever? And it’s only getting hotter and hotter each year!
1. What happens when we burn fossil fuels?
- a. Dinosaurs start to cry.
- b. We release heat trapping GreenHouse Gases into the atmosphere.
- c. We get chocolate rain.
- d. The sky turns purple.
2. What are some actions that release GreenHouse Gases into the atmosphere?
- a. Cows burping.
- b. Wasting food.
- c. Using single use plastic.
- d. All of the above.
Did you know that global warming is when excess heat trapping greenhouse gasses hang out in the atmosphere and make the Earth a bit TOO warm!?
3. What is not a direct effect of global warming?
- a. Rising sea levels.
- b. Animal extinction.
- c. Dying corals.
- d. Displaced communities.
- e. Increase in the price of cakes.
4. What is renewable energy?
- a. Any energy sourced from the Earth that can be used again and again without harming the planet.
- b. It is when trees give us energy because they’re really tall.
- c. It is a light bulb that you plant in the ground, and grows into a tree that lights up.
Did you know that organic waste like banana peels, wood scraps and even cow poop could be turned into energy? It’s called biomass, and it’s mooo-sic to our ears!
5. Fill in the blank. Rivers, dams and gushing waterfalls generate ______ energy. It’s nature’s way of saying go with the flow!
- a. Wind
- b. Hydropower
- c. Solar
6. Biomass and Hydro Power are examples of renewable energy! Name 2 other sources of renewable energy.
7. True or false! Scotland, Costa Rica and Norway get more than 50% of their energy from renewable sources.
Did you know that fossil fuel based electricity is one of the biggest contributors to global warming? If we change how we generate electricity, we can save our planet from getting too toasty!
8. What are some easy ways to save energy at home?
- a. Turning off the lights when you don’t need them anymore.
- b. Using reusable utensils and avoiding single-use plastics.
- c. Unplugging electronics.
- d. Sun drying clothes.
- e. All of the above.
Do you have what it takes to be an eco-hero?
Hop on your bike and ride through the Sustainable City game on pages 4 & 5 of Kat Kid Adventure Post and find out!
Before we sign off, Kat Kid Adventure would love to get your thoughts on the Flips the Switch Challenge. Here is a simple form for you to share your feedback. We’d deeply appreciate it.
Here’s wishing you a wonderful summer, to rest and renew. 🙂
Answers:
1b, 2d, 3e, 4a, 5b, 6 Biomass, solar, wind, tidal. 7True, 8e.