'Mystical Mountain Gorillas' Tool Kit for Eco Heroes (Primary)

It is absolutely essential that today’s children understand the importance of looking after our planet and what they can do to help protect it for future generations. At It’s Our Planet Too, our vision is for every child to believe that they have the power to protect our planet. Our Tool Kits For Eco Heroes are designed to help children learn and understand the world where we live and ignite their interest in protecting it.

Research suggests that both educators and young people care deeply about environmental issues and have a strong desire to protect our planet. Environmental issues such as climate change, decreasing biodiversity, habitat destruction and pollution are huge global issues, however the thought of teaching them can be intimidating, leaving many feeling overwhelmed. Our Tool Kits provide a comprehensive, cost effective and easy solution for educators. They offer hours of activities, news and information that gently explains key issues and links to the National Curriculum.

Our mystical mountain gorillas Tool Kit is packed with hours of fun activities to help you take action and save our environment. We’ll help you discover more about these amazing creatures who are so similar to us and learn more about how we can protect them. Before long you’ll be a mountain gorilla expert…

Here’s what’s inside:

Learn to sign with our A to Z poster and discover the most intelligent animals on the planet with our big thinkers fact file. Our recipe will get you outside foraging for ingredients to make flavoured shortbread - the perfect naughty snack or maybe even a sustainable pressie! Our eco hero card features Dian Fossey who dedicated her life to saving these amazing animals. Our I Spy card will get you outside foraging for food, just like a gorilla, plus you’ll find a postcard to help you start a campaign to get everyone recycling their tech and a rhyme card to learn more about these amazing creatures. There’s also a quiz to test your mountain gorilla knowledge, a pledge card and 20 gorilla facts to wow your friends. There’s 2 activity cards packed with eight fun puzzles so you can start becoming a gorilla expert immediately!

Activities include crafting our own papier mâché volcano and then watching it erupt, we’ll get you becoming a scientist and show you how to extract your own DNA as well as following our paper folding instructions to make origami gorilla bookmarks. We’ll get you outside in nature helping your local wildlife by building a home for hedgehogs.

There’s also a little something for grown-ups inside to help you answer questions about the wildlife trade as well as a useful glossary.

Bonus online content: Once your little eco hero has completed the activities, they can download a certificate to show their friends that they are a real GORILLA expert! (QR code included in file)