We got tons of great guesses on Part 1 of this Pixel Puzzler and now it’s time for the answer. Are you ready for the great reveal? Find out if you got it right!
The answer to this Pixel Puzzler is (drum roll please) A raccoon! How did you do? Tell us in the comments!
Calling all Earth Rangers! A little change can make a BIG difference – are you ready to take action?
November 7th is a very special day: it’s Maple Leaf Foods’ third annual Little Changes Day! This day challenges Canadians to make small changes in their life that help protect the planet. Created to celebrate Maple Leaf Foods’ carbon neutral anniversary and recognize their achievement as the world’s first major carbon-neutral food company, this day reminds us to think of ways to reduce food waste, save energy, and limit unnecessary packaging to make a difference! After all, if we work together, little changes can have a big impact on the environment for future generation.
Earth Rangers LOVE celebrating Little Changes Day. The first time we participated, we took on the ‘All Taste, No Waste’ Challenge to reduce food waste. This year we’re excited to celebrate with something NEW: The Future Farmer Mission.
Little Changes Day highlights the small changes we can make in our daily habits that make a difference and gets us thinking about the impact of collective action. One example is the importance of reducing food waste, including on Canadian farms, where regenerative agriculture helps keep our soil healthy. The Future Farmer Mission invites YOU to grow your own vegetable or herb garden at home that nourishes both you and the earth, and saves from buying new at the grocery store! Plus, you’re putting into practice what farmers are doing all over the country!
To celebrate Little Changes Day, we’ve launched a special Creative Corner that shows you how to grow your own greens!
Growing greens from scraps is a fun way to start growing your own food indoors. Plus, it’s a great way to add to what you’re already growing in the Future Farmer Mission. All you need is a lettuce core or some herb stems and a container with water to get started.
The Grow Your Own Greens creative corner is the perfect way to take on the Little Changes Day Challenge. You can also check out more fun and impactful activities to help the planet, like crafting a cardboard compost bin, taking our composting quiz, and so much more in the Future Farmer Mission.
Time:Time: 30 minutes to start, then 10-14 days to wait!
Difficulty:Easy
Growing greens from scraps is a great way to practice regenerative farming, right in your own home!
Step 1: Set your plant into a container that will help them grow!
Lettuce: Place the core in a container and insert toothpicks on four sides to hold it in place.
Herbs: Place each stem in a glass or jar.
Step 2: Fill your container with water.
Lettuce: Add just enough water to the container to cover the bottom third of the lettuce.
Herbs: Fill each glass or jar with water — just don’t submerge the leaves!
Step 3: Find a sunny spot!
Lettuce and Herbs: Place in a sunny spot, like a ledge or windowsill. Check each day and add more water to replace any water that has evaporated. Replace the water completely every few days.
Step 4: Watch your plant grow!
Lettuce: Within a few days, new leaves will sprout from the center of the lettuce core. In 10-12 days, the lettuce should be tall enough to use. When your lettuce is ready, add it to a salad or sandwich!
Herbs: Wait for the roots to grow — this can take a couple of days to a couple of weeks. Once you see roots, just snip off leaves as you need them!
Don’t forget to check on the spot, but be patient – remember that a plant takes days to germinate
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Time is ticking for you to enter our Backyard Biologist Contest! If you haven’t submitted your entries, it’s time for you to go out and capture those moments so you can WIN!
Submit your best nature photo (or photos!) and you could take home one of this year’s FABULOUS prizes:
A CANON REBEL R100 CAMERA!
Not one, not two, but THREE lucky winners will earn this fantastic prize, along with a framed piece of their photo using Canon’s Frame Lab print and framing service!
Backyard Safari
Critter Closeups
Water Worlds
Click here to learn more and submit your pictures!
Don’t know what to take pictures of? Why not look at last year’s entries for inspiration?!
Kenzie, Maya, and Kate did incredible jobs with their Epic Landscape, Wonderful Wildlife, and Coolest Colours entries.
They shared what they wrote for their entries about their photo and so much more! Click here to read up about what they had to say!
Our 2023 winners aren’t the only lucky entrees to have won fantastic prizes in past Backyard Biologist contests. Back in 2022, we celebrated the amazing photos taken by Maverik, Jacqueline, and Emerson. You can read what they had written for their submission descriptions in the winner’s blog!
You can join these lucky winners by submitting your own photos to our 2024 contest. Don’t wait— enter while there’s still time!
HAPPY SNAPPING!
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Let’s put your identification skills to the test! Can you figure out what is hidden in this picture? Make your guess in the comments.
Get ready to dive into the depths of mystery and mayhem with Earth Ranger Emma on a spooktacular Halloween adventure! Emma’s on the hunt to uncover the truth about the legendary Kraken—could a real-life sea monster be lurking below the waves? From ghostly shipwrecks to giant squids and kookaburra-filled Australian journeys, this episode has it all! Tune in for spine-tingling tales, myth-busting surprises, and maybe even a little penguin playground fun! Perfect for curious Earth Rangers and thrill-seekers alike!
Today Emma flies all the way to Australia to prove Ryan wrong… but she’s in a special surprise this time! The creature she’s investigating today is a special sea monster… THE KRAKEN!
The kraken is said to have been the cause of many shipwrecks. A giant squid or octopus capable of wrapping its tentacles and dragging sailors and their ships down. HOWEVER, unlike our good ol’ Nessie that Emma debunked two episodes ago, the Kraken might be more than just a folklore monster created to teach people about the dangers of the ocean.
There is a very real animal who might have inspired these legends: the giant squid!
The giant squid lives up to its name: it’s so big – almost the size of a car! Its tentacles are long, just as long as Emma is tall. It very well could wrap itself around a ship, probably not take it down but certainly give sailors a good scare and capsize smaller boats. They are aggressive, especially if they mistake a boat or human for prey or feel threatened.
Compared to the legend of the Kraken, “Giant Squid” isn’t nearly as cool a name… but it has just as terrifying a reputation! Diver beware… don’t go angering the giant squids, you might experience what it’s like to fact the real-world kraken.
What do you think of the Kraken Monster Legend? What do you think of its real counterpart?
Let us know some other cool cryptids you wish Ryan or Emma talked about! Ryan’s going nuts coming up with some, but why not talk about other cool legends here?
Time:10 min
Difficulty:Easy
Ever wondered how mushroom spores spread? Find out how, and get some cool prints out of it!
Step 1: Buy a fresh mushroom or pick one outside (if you’re picking one outside, wear gloves while handling it).
Step 2: Cut off the mushroom stem to expose its gills, the ribbed flesh on the underside of the mushroom cap.
Step 3: Place the mushroom cap gill-side down on a piece of paper.
Step 4: Add a few drops of water to the top of the mushroom cap — this makes the spores drop. Cover the mushroom cap with an upside-down box and leave it overnight.
Step 5: The next day, gently lift the box and the mushroom cap. You should see a beautiful spore print on the paper underneath!
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All Hallow’s Eve is almost here… wait, what’s that? HALLOWEEN OF COURSE! Have you carved your pumpkins yet? Are you ready to trick-or-treat? More importantly, Earth Rangers, have you picked out our costume for this year?
Here at Earth Rangers HQ, we’ve come up with an awesome costume idea, and it all starts with one big question: Are you ready to be a MYTH-BUSTER?
There are all kinds of myth-busters at Earth Rangers, each ready to tackle a different myth. Guess what? You can join the fun too. This Halloween, will you be a Myth-buster who tames the Power Gobbler, tackles the Tote Bag Terror, unmasks Wishcycling, or blasts away Doom and Gloom? The choice is yours.
Being a Myth-buster means tackling all kinds of spooky myths! Have you heard of the Organic Ogre? It’s a myth that can send shivers down your spine! These are the kinds of legends Earth Rangers chat about around the campfire, and now you can help bust them.
Even if you’ve already picked your Halloween costume, you can still be one on our app. Log enough myth-busting habits to unlock your very own ghoul detector glasses, myth-buster suit, a blaster for your avatar, and up to 20 points!
The fun doesn’t stop after Halloween. Keep the adventure going and use your superpower —knowledge — to find out which habits really help the planet and which ones don’t. Together we can make a BIG difference!
Are you ready to be the ultimate Myth-buster? Let’s go!
We want to hear from you! What did you dress up as for Halloween? Tell us in the comments below!
We need your help! This animal is trying to tell us something but we can’t figure it out! Do you know what are these seals thinking?
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