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Environment-Themed Episodes

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Episode 2: Museum Mayhem

Confetti’s evil Queen Frivol is polluting the land with her plastic junk. Kami and Dev enlist the help of Caily and Reese to recycle the junk before it’s too late! Educational topics include: 1) recycling, 2) repurposing and 3) reducing waste.

 

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Class Topic 1: Reuse & Recycle
How can discarded items be reused and repurposed?

Class Topic 2: Problem Solving & Creative Thinking
What are some ways that you can help to keep our planet eco-friendly?

Class Topic 3: Creativity & Recycling
If you had your own planet, what would it look like? How would you recycle and reuse items from Earth to make it special?

Class Topic 4: Creative Thinking
Caily and Reese bring back all of Queen Frivol’s junk to make new things. What items around you could you reuse to create treasure?

For more classroom activities and extensions: Episode 2 Guide

 
 

Episode 6: Paws-itively Fabulous

Jenni-Ferret sprains her leg. Edie, Caily and Reese then use a 3D printer to create a wheelchair for their pet ferret. In Confetti, the shredders accidentally ruin an animal habitat prompting Kami to rebuild a better one. Educational topics include: 1) animals and 2) habitats.

 

Learn

Class Topic 1: Critical Thinking & Social Awareness
Why is it important to make sure that animal’s habitats are protected?

Class Topic 2: Creativity & Teamwork
Caily, Reese and Edie worked together to make Jenni-Ferret a wheelchair for her sprained ankle. What would you invent to help an animal that got hurt?

Class Topic 3: Animal Habitats & Creativity
What animal lives in a nest? Create your own nest origami to fill it with your favorite things or decorate with the animals that would live in there!

For more classroom activities and extensions: Episode 6 Guide

 
 

Episode 9: A “Shred” of a Difference

Queen Frivol is enraged to discover that her beloved Shredder Melvin has been recycling stuff from her prized junk pile at Uncle Seymour’s Fix-It Shop. Melvin makes mountains of shredded paper for Edie’s Earth Day presentation. Educational topics include: 1) upcycling and 2) respecting your environment.


 

Learn

Class Topic 1: Earth & Human Activity
Upcycling is when you reuse a discarded object in a creative way. What are some other ways that people could upcycle the shredded paper from Melvin?

Class Topic 2: Social Awareness
Recycling and upcycling are great ways to help the environment. Why do you think it is helpful to recycle?

Class Topic 3: Creativity & Upcycling
Think about some of the items you throw away the most. Are there any creative ways you could upcycle them instead of throwing them away?

Class Topic 4: Observation
Create an origami crane. What do you think you would see if you were flying high in the air like a bird?

For more classroom activities and extensions: Episode 9 Guide