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About Climate Detectives Kids

Climate Detectives kids challenges students to make a difference by engaging with Earth’s environment to help protect it.

In this project students will complete activities focusing on Earth’s environment, collect evidence of their discoveries and earn badges for each activity!

The more we know about our planet the more we can do to protect it!

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Climate Detectives Kids

1 hour per activity

suggested for up to 12 years old

up to the whole class

Non Competitive

How to take part

Choose one of the proposed activities or create your own, and submit a description and a picture of your project.

Teams that submit one activity will receive a bronze badge. If teams complete two activities, they will receive a silver badge. Teams that complete three activities will receive a gold badge plus a virtual certificate as a recognition of their detective work to understand and protect our home planet.

Visit the virtual gallery of your team and share your project with your family and friends! 

Sign-up and register your team
Choose up to 3 activities
Complete the activities
Submit your activities
Share your progress and earn badges

Timeline

The project is open from 22 September 2023 to 25 April 2024.  Teams can submit the activities all at once or in different moments. 

Why participate

By participating in the Climate Detectives kids project, young students will learn about Earth’s science and environment through selected learning resources and hands-on activities as well as understand the importance of respecting our environment.

Who can participate

  • Age range: The Climate Detectives kids activities are suggested for ages 8 to 12 years old but can easily be adapted for other age groups and skill levels.
  • Teams: No minimum or maximum number of team members required to participate, but students are encouraged to work with at least 1 other person.
  • Each team must be supported by a Team Leader (teacher, mentor, educator, or parent). Family teams are welcome.
  • At least 50% of the team members must have the nationality of an ESA Member State. Further to the 22 Member States, also Canada, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovakia and Slovenia, based on their agreements with ESA, qualify to fully participate in the programmes of the ESA Education Office. In the framework of the current collaboration agreement between ESA and the Republic of Malta, teams from Malta can also participate in the Climate Detectives project.

Suggested activities

Explore the Climate Detectives activities and learn more about Earth’s environment and how to monitor our planet from space. You can also explore extra tools and resources in your country page.

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