It's here - the Climate Change Challenge! Here's  a fun way to earn a neat crest, by completing some badges, an energy audit and an awesome on-line energy calculator (called an energy audit calculator).

• Are You Ready for the Challenge?  The second half of this booklet contains the crest requirements for all the badge updates in the program (Recycling, Home Repair, World Conservation Award, and Troop Specialty suggestion).
  (En français.)
• Scout Energy Audit. As part of the challenge you will need to complete an energy audit.  It sounds complicated, but it really isn't - you'll need a little help from your parents and some cooperation from your family. Get it here in English and French.
• Online Calculator: will compute the amount of greenhouse gases you saved!  (Click here.)

Here are a number of neat links that help you learn more about the
environment and climate change. Check them out!

Scouts 

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/

 

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

 

Learn more about climate change and climate science. Find out how you can look for recent climate changes.

http://whyfiles.org/021climate/index.html

 

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

 

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

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

 

Here are some science projects that you can do at home.

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

 

Find out how things around your home work.

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

 

Ask energy questions to Professor Quester.

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/ask_quester/index.html#general

 

Learn more about renewable energy technology and build your own working models .

http://www.re-energy.ca/

 

Energy jokes and riddles for the comedian in you.

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

 

Check out these trivia games related to climate change and energy.

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

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

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

 

Try out these energy word puzzles:

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

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

http://www.energyquest.ca.gov/games/seek-a-word/index.html

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

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

http://www.surfnetkids.com/games/electricity-cw.htm

http://www.epa.gov/osw/education/kids/games/crossword/

 

Learn about energy with these flash cards.

http://www.quia.com/jg/77679.html

 

Play this energy web scavenger hunt.

http://www.educationaldividends.com/teachers/hunt.asp

 

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

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

 

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

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