Eco-detectives at school

Children inspect where water, power, and paper are wasted in the school and hand out ecological citations.

Steps

1. Conversation: what the environment is and how daily habits harm or support it.
2. Groups receive detective checklists: dripping faucets, lights left on in empty rooms, recycling bins, paper printed on one side only.
3. Detectives tour the school building and log their observations.
4. For each wasted resource they write a humorous eco-citation, and award green badges for eco-friendly practices.
5. Finally, you gather findings and decide on three immediate changes the class will implement.

Tip: Share results with the principal or caretaker; a dripping tap fixed thanks to kids' reporting is very empowering.

Materials needed

• Writing clipboards (1 per group)
• Green dot stickers (1 pack)