April is Earth Month and we have the resources to help you celebrate! The collections below feature adventures that will help kids learn about the world around them while offering fun for the whole family.
Learning Resources
Batten Environmental Education Initiative K-5 Interactives
The K-5 interactive games and learning objects in this playlist contain experiences for children related to environmental education.
Highlights include:
Recycle This Like That
This interactive is designed for you to make a series of decisions about recycling.
Good Bugs Flower Climb
This interactive is designed for you to play a game that tests your knowledge about plants as natural resources.
Marvelous Plants
This interactive is designed to teach you about how plants are important natural resources that help animals survive.
A Way with Water
This interactive is designed to teach you how your daily actions can impact the amount of water you use.
Conservation Scavenger Hunt
This interactive is designed for you to search through a neighborhood to find ways that conserve natural resources.
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Environmental Science Collection (grades 9-12)
These learning objects include simulations, virtual labs, games, animations, and multimedia presentations.
Environmental Science Beginnings: Rachel Carson
This animated video is a story about Rachel Carson and her work impacting the environment. This animation is from WHRO's Environmental Science online course that is freely available to all school divisions in Virginia.
Virginia Stories: Landslides
This animated video highlights the catastrophic impacts of Hurricane Camille in Virginia and the massive destruction and loss of life from landslides and floods. This animation is from WHRO's Environmental Science online course that is freely available to all school divisions in Virginia.
Characteristics and Components of Aquatic Biomes
In this interactivity, you will learn about the marine biome, which includes salty seas and the ocean. You will also examine the freshwater biome, which includes lakes, ponds, rivers, and streams.
Soil in a Jar Scientific Investigation
You will find a student-created video of the scientific investigation in this interactivity. It contains the procedures and methods of data collection. This resource will support you as you complete the lab.
Land Management Conservation
In this interactivity, you will learn how land management and conservation efforts can help mitigate the damage done to the environment because of urban land use.
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Spotlight Earth (grades 9-12)
In this captivating video series, dive deep into the heart of Virginia’s diverse ecosystems, from the majestic Blue Ridge Mountains to the expansive Chesapeake Bay, and uncover the environmental stories shaping our state and world.
Spotlight Earth: Understanding the World Around Us
Spotlight Earth: What's the Matter?
Spotlight Earth: How Dense Can It Be?
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PBS Kids Programs
Celebrate Earth Month with PBS KIDS! Enjoy new episodes of Elinor Wonders Why, Cyberchase, and Wild Kratts.
Find WHRO Kids on 15.3 | Cox 108 | Charter Digital 120 | FiOS 462, or stream it live on WHRO+.
Cyberchase
April 18, 7 p.m. - Fix It Time!
Everyone's scooters are mysteriously breaking in Botsburg! The Squad tries to uncover the cause and launches a clinic to fix them using math and engineering skills. Back home, Jackie tests her new fixing skills on a broken family heirloom.
April 18, 7:30 p.m. - Leave The Leaves
To please his pet smirble, BB, Hacker transforms a park into a highly manicured space, but BB doesn't like it at all! To find out why, the kids time travel to collect and analyze data and help restore the park's biodiversity.
Wild Kratts
April 20, 5:30 p.m. - Butternut Tree
Martin and Chris stumble upon a rare and endangered seedling of a butternut tree. While looking for its parent tree, they only discover dead and broken ones. Finally, they find a big healthy tree and begin a Creature Power Investigation into why some of the trees are dying and some aren't. Could genetic coding be the answer?
Elinor Wonders Why
April 28, 1 p.m. - Melting Point/Mr. Raccoon's Bad Day
While delivering chocolates, the kids learn that warmer temperatures can melt their treats. / After Mr. Raccoon is having a bad day, the kids help him calm down using nature.
Streaming on WHRO Plus
Want more nature and earth content? Check out the programs streaming this month on WHRO+.
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