Cool! The Climate Change Challenge is here! What is it about? It's about learning and doing something that can help the world you live in.  You probably have heard about climate change - the effect of greenhouse gases that contribute to the warming of the earth.  This can affect the weather where you live, and bring with it many undesirable changes.  Here's how you can do your part in reducing climate change!

Requirements
To earn the Climate Change Challenge Crest, complete three of the badges listed below, and do the Energy Sleuth Game and online calculator below.
Click here for a booklet with all of the updated requirements
(en français).These are the badges we updated:

     Recycling Badge
     Home Repair Badge
     Cyclist Badge
     Family Helper Badge
     World Conservation Badge

Energy Sleuth Game (also called an energy audit) : in English and in French. 
You might need a bit of help from your parents and family to do this, but it's pretty easy to do. 

Online Calculator: (click here). 
Here, you can find out how many energy sleuth points you earned!  (You need to do the Energy Sleuth Game first.)

Good luck on your challenge!

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Play these fun games and activities to learn more about climate change.  How can you help to stop climate change from affecting our earth?

Pollution
Join Tiki the Penquin as he discovers more about pollution.

 

Help Dr. Seuss save the trees with this game.
http://www.seussville.com/games/lorax_sticker_game.php?lb=1

The Great Green Web Game helps you to make smart purchases.
http://go.ucsusa.org/game/

 

Choose-your-own adventure story about saving Havella forest.
http://www.elements.nb.ca/kids/havella/room01.htm

 

Learn more about recycling with these activities, quizzes and experiments.

http://www.dnr.state.wi.us/org/caer/ce/eek/earth/recycle/index.htm

 

Play some on-line energy games.

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/games/index.html

 

Print your own colouring books and learn about energy.

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/games/coloring_books/index.html

 

Science projects that you can do at home.

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/projects/index.html

 

Read a story about energy.

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/devoured/index.html

 

Learn how to make your house more energy efficient from Roofus the Dog.

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/kids/roofus/

 

Energy jokes and riddles for the comedian in you.

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/games/jokes/index.html

 

Build your Own Pizza Box Solar Oven.

http://www1.eere.energy.gov/kids/roofus/pizza_box.html

 

Be the Mayor of Dumptown and help your citizens reduce their garbage.

http://www.epa.gov/recyclecity/gameintro.htm

 

Do this experiment to discover the effects of burning fossil fuels (Adult supervision required).

http://geothermal.marin.org/htstf/mirrors.html

 

Play this Renewable Energy Simulator Game – Can you pick the best locations for the Renewable Energy technologies?.

http://www2.dti.gov.uk/energy/renewables/ed_pack/games/12-16/simulator/

 

Journey to 2055 with NRCat

http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/kids/English_Journey/EnglishJourney.htm

 

Go to NRCat’s Scratching Post for games, quizzes and homework help.

http://www.nrcan-rncan.gc.ca/kids/index_e.html

 

Go check out NRCat’s Calander Club to explore the tree house!

http://www.oee.nrcan.gc.ca/calendarclub/

  

Test your energy knowledge with these quizzes:

http://www.eia.doe.gov/kids/energyquiz.html

http://www.energysmartschools.gov/energysmartschool/quiz/quiz.html