Interactive Games
We have found many games relating to the theme of the Environment” that you are sure to get hours of endless fun from… We even have a game that you can print out, laminate and use again and again with your classmates. Why not make one set for your schools and share them amongst your fellow classmates. Print on Recycled card, Reducing the need for more paper and Reusing the games from year to year!
Our online games will change from time to time and should you come across any other games worthy of inclusion, e mail catherine@jackandjill.ie with the details. Not only are these games entertaining but you will also learn about the world around us along the way.
Fancy taking part in a space station Quiz Show. Test your knowledge and see how you do an this interesting game show… Challenge your classmates who can complete it in the quickest time with all answers correct.
This is one of the most amazing games!!! Ok get an adult(or one of your friends) to think of any animal, bird or insect…and tell them you are going to guess it by asking a few simple questions. It gets it right…. Every time… AMAZING!!
I Don’t want to clean my room >>
Are you told often to clean your room?…Well now you can do so without leaving your chair. You don’t have to throw something in the dustbin just because you are finished with it… Check this out for ways we can reuse items in our home that we no longer want.
We know slugs eat our lettuce and cabbage plants and greenfly ruin our roses but did you know that not all insects and creepy crawlies are bad for the garden!
Some BUGS are BUGTASTIC!
Schools every year produce tonnes and Tonnes of Rubbish. This has been reduced hugely and if your school has taken part in An Taisce’s Green School Programme, you will have received a Green Flag for reducing the amount of Litter and Waste in your school.
Check out this game to see if you can help this school Principal clean up her school!
If you are in 5th/6th class, your teacher may have shown show you the PowerPoint Presentation as part of a lesson on Global Warming and Climate Change.
Select any one of these games to learn more about the environment.
Have you and your family ever gone to a Bring and But Sale or a Car Boot Sale.
These are great ways of getting rid of items that you may not need anymore but are still useful to somebody else.
Maybe your school would like to organise one to raise some money for a charity, like The Jack and Jill Foundation.
This year September 14th-21st is National Organic Week. Many people believe that we should eat only organic foods as they are better for the environment. Take a tour around this organic Farm and see what you think.
Sustainable Energy Ireland has lots of information for schools in Ireland on the best way to reduce wastage of energy and conserve it for future children. This game will see how “Energy Aware” you are around the home!
We all make lots of rubbish, but we don’t have to throw all of our rubbish away. We can ‘recycle’ some rubbish, for example, glass, paper, metal or plastic. That means that the glass, paper and plastic are used to make new things.
In this game you’ll see a bedroom – and it’s very messy! There is a lot of rubbish lying around. Can you put the rubbish in the right recycling bins? The ‘compost’ bin is for food.