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Environmental Games
Recycled Art Trivia
Eg. Make tote bags with old T-shirts Trivia is a fun way to educate your audience. Make the questions
appropriate for the audience. You can use PowerPoint slides on a
projector, or just have a list that you dictate to players. Encourage
participants to compete as teams for more excitement. You can
also use your trivia questions to add an educational component to
other games, such as:
Pin D’ Kritter
A spin off the classic pin-the-tail-on-the-donkey! Paint (2) poster
boards with ecosystems (eg. mangrove and coral reef). Draw (5)
critters that you might find in each ecosystem on (10) circles of
cardboard – fish, lobster, crab, birds, bugs, etc. Two teams will
compete against each other on a board. One team member is
blindfolded, while the other describes the animal on each circle
without saying its name. Once the blindfolded teammate guesses
the correct animal, they are given the cardboard animal and must
walk, blindfolded, to the board, stick the animal to the board and
return to their teammate to guess the next animal. The first team
to get their 5 animals onto their board wins! (Tip – use Velcro on
the board and animal circles)
Fishing Game
Print or draw species of fish onto slips of paper. Species that
should not be caught (eg. turtle eggs, parrotfish) should be
labeled (-2) or (-1), while sustainably caught sea food species
should say (+1) or (+2). Laminate the slips and attach paperclips.
Put the laminated slips into a bucket of water. Create two fishing
rods (you can use sticks, string and bent paperclips). Let teams
compete to catch the paper slips and keep score.
Other Ideas
• Print crossword puzzles or coloring sheets for your information
booth: mangrove puzzles, ocean litter games, marine life
word search, coral reef word search.
• Check this link for 22 Earth Day Games
• Treasure Hunts are a fun and active way for families to get to
know beautiful protected areas. Start early, engage sponsors
for an attractive prize. If you get a great prize, use that to
promote your event via social media or radio. Advertise early
and register teams so you know how many clues to set on
the day. Depending on the location(s) of your treasure hunt,
you may need a volunteer at each station. See page 9 for an
example.
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• Lionfish Hunt – print or paint a poster with a
lionfish image. Tape a plastic cup on the lionfish
and ask people to throw a ping-pong ball into the
cup after answering a trivia question. Give a prize
for participants who get the ball in the cup.
• Knock the Cans – collect cans and paint them with
colorful marine images. Stack the cans on a table and
invite participants to knock the cans over with a ball after
correctly answering a trivia question. Hide a prize in one of
the cans (eg. candy or a keychain). If they knock the prize
out they keep it!
A blindfolded teammate
plays Pin D' Kritter during
Mangrove Discovery
Day in Saint Lucia's
Point Sables
Environmental
Protection Area
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Conservancy