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 Bat! How did you do? Tell us in the comments!
Time:45 min
Difficulty:Easy
It’s really easy to accidentally let food to go waste – like the grated cheese that’s growing fuzz or lettuce that’s turned into goo at the back of the fridge. But with some planning, we can cut back on the amount of food we waste!
Any good ol’ detective needs their list! Make a list that you will use to track all food that you sometimes throw out instead of eat (one carrot at the back of the fridge, or that bread that gets a little dry).
Decorate your list with paint, pencils, or markers!
Here is an example of a list to get you started! You can also take a screenshot of this example to keep it handy.
Click on the image below to zoom in!
It’s time to grab your detective’s hat! Investigate how and why the family wastes the food you’ve listed.
Look at your list, and think about what recipes you could create to “save” some of this food.
Reuse parts of food that you usually throw away: You can turn potato skins into chips, or make a soup base from the bones of your roasted chicken!
Omelets are a great breakfast hack for this: just toss in what didn’t get eaten the night before! Or homemade pizza with leftover meats and veggies as toppings for dinner!!
Make a meal out of leftovers! Team up with a grown-up! Hand over your list and ask them to help you save the planet!
You are spot on!
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.
Teens took a stand for wildlife in 2024 to help raise awareness and funds for conservation. By using their unique skills, ER Teens raised hundreds of dollars to support habitat protection projects for species such as river otters in Ontario’s Frontenac Arch, jaguars in Costa Rica, swift foxes in Saskatchewan, and polar bears in Northern Canada.
Special thank you to Christina Ingraldi, Director of Development at Earth Rangers, for sharing fundraising tips with participants!
Have a look at their creative fundraising ideas!
Amanda, Yunie & Celine held bake sales at school to help others learn about polar bear protection, and raise money.
“Celine loves to bake, so we thought it would be a great idea to host bake sales, while Yunie enjoys designing, and so she made the information cards, and Amanda enjoys planning so she was able to gather our ideas and organize them. We were all able to use our strengths in this fundraising event!”
Sunita raised over $290 for river otters with the help of her friends and family, and by selling baked goods at school.
“I felt nervous, but also fulfilled and happy because I knew that I was taking tangible action to make a difference in my community. I enjoyed raising awareness for wildlife and seeing the wonderful reactions people had to my initiative”
Luxmie, Nancy & Sanvi spread the word in their community and collected donations for the jaguar campaign.
“We felt excited and eager to work on this project as not only were we able to spend time together but additionally were making a difference by raising awareness.”
Sophie’s animal of interest was the swift fox. She learned about swift foxes in the wild then created pamphlets to help educate others. She also took a stand by having her own roadside stand with cookies, origami foxes, and fox corner bookmarks.
Sisters Natasha and Sienna combined their interests in conservation and clay-making to create adorable replicas of the species they helped raise awareness for. “I felt engaged with the Earth Rangers team at the Zoom meeting because they knew how special it was for me to help save these animals.”
“I care deeply about the protection of animals and their environment, and this project made me greatly appreciative of the swift foxes and their land. I learned a lot of new information I had never known before, and when I found out about the dropping swift fox numbers in the wild, I knew I had to help save them from extinction.”
Shoutouts to ER Teens Clare and Eshal for participating in Take a Stand for Wildlife and supporting river otters and swift foxes!
ER Teens learned about the importance of community science when it comes to conservation by participating in our 2024 Summer BioBlitz. Teens across Canada documented wildlife species in their local communities and uploaded their observations to an international online database. Participants shared over 430 observations!
Special thank you to Megan Quin, Conservation Biologist with the Nature Conservancy of Canada, for giving participants the keys to species identification.
Here are some findings from our eagle-eyed teens:
We need your help! This animal is trying to tell us something but we can’t figure it out! Do you know what is this lynx cub thinking?
Hi, Earth Rangers! My name is Gerardo. I’m nine years old. I live in Nicaragua, the biggest country in Central America. That’s the part of the world between Mexico and South America. It’s a place full of tall volcanoes, lush rainforests, and sandy beaches on both the Pacific Ocean and the Caribbean. You can swim in one and snorkel in the other!
I’m a member of the Sea Turtle Education Protection Program. This year, when you adopt a sea turtle from Earth Rangers, you’re helping my friends and I look after these tiny turtles and protect the beaches and oceans that they call home!
Are you ready to make a difference? Just visit the adoption section in the Earth Rangers App or check out the Earth Rangers Shop to adopt your own sea turtle!
I live on a beautiful beach called Playa Salinas Grande. That’s a Spanish name! Here’s how you pronounce it, along with what the words mean in English!
Playa – pronounced PLY-uh – Beach
Salinas – pronounced suh-LEEN-us – Salt Flats
Grande – pronounced GRAWN-day – Big
Sea turtles love to lay their eggs on Playa Salinas Grande. They come onto the shore to dig their nests in the moist sand. The sand keeps the eggs nice and warm, which helps the baby turtles grow inside their shells. Plus, the layers of sand keep the eggs safe from pesky predators! When it’s time to hatch, the baby turtles scuttle across the sand into the ocean, swimming off with all their siblings!
But not all of these baby turtles make it safely to the sea. They face many dangers. When people leave trash on the beach, baby turtles can get caught in the garbage. They can also get trapped in fishing nets.
Plus, predators aren’t the only ones who think turtle eggs are delicious. Some people like to eat these eggs, too! This makes sense: Turtle eggs have been a traditional source of food in my community for a long time. Many people also live in poverty, so they don’t have much money to buy groceries. But it’s against the law to harvest these eggs or eat them, because almost every species of sea turtle is endangered.
That’s why I joined the Sea Turtle Education and Protection Program. Here’s how my friends and I are taking care of turtles!
It’s too easy for sea turtles to get caught in people’s trash. My friends and I patrol the beaches in Salinas Playa Grande to pick up litter. We also learn how to throw out our own garbage properly, and we teach other people to do the same thing!
We learn how to recognize turtle nests on the beach, and we work to keep them safe. Plus, we take care of turtle eggs in hatcheries: these large bags of warm, moist sand that provide the perfect place for baby turtles to grow big and strong inside their eggs. When they’re ready to hatch, we release them onto the beaches!
Learning about nature through the Sea Turtle Education and Protection Program has helped me get great grades in science at school! And I’ve had so much fun with my friends in after-school activities like this one: Look at our cool turtle masks!
Watching them crawl toward the waves was an amazing moment. I knew that all our hard work had paid off! By protecting their beaches and keeping their oceans clean, we’re helping sea turtles survive for years to come.
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