Throughout the month, join WORLD as we showcase the our changing world with films, features, on-air, streaming and on-demand collections for Earth Month in April 2025.
Environmental Education Resources
Reclaiming our Roots | Ideas for All : Roadtrip Nation On-Demand
Meet the roadtrippers: Gabe, Jackie, and Tomi—three young people interested in health equity. Then, follow along as they talk to scientific experts and Indigenous leaders in the performance, education and culinary fields, who are taking inspiration from nature to help create equitable ecosystems within their own communities.
Spring is Here! Explore with PBS KIDS!
🌸🌼 Spring is Here ☔️🌷 Videos to Watch & Activities To Do
Explore the Outdoors Activities & Games
- Explore the Outdoors: Nature Books, Outdoor Activities, Games, Gardening and Simple Science Ideas
- Exploring the Outdoors Learning Activities for Classrooms and Learning At Home: Explore Bugs, Animals, Nature, Protecting Our Planet, Earth & Space Topics
- Nature Activities Collection & Environmental Collections
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AfroPoP, Liberated Lives & Our Climate-Changing World: What to Watch in April • WXXI-WORLD
Premiering this month, AfroPoP: The Ultimate Cultural Exchange takes on a new genre of storytelling for the first time in the series’ 16-year history – two narrative films join two documentaries to make up a dynamic season of Black stories, fiction and nonfiction.
One of those documentaries, Commuted, is a part of our new thematic collection, Liberated Lives – Danielle Metz, who spent 23 years in prison before her triple-life sentence was commuted by President Barack Obama, shares how she and her two children navigated her return home and continue even today to rebuild their relationships. Watch more Liberated Lives films with What These Walls Won’t Hold and Hundreds of Thousands on America ReFramed, plus several stories on Stories from the Stage.
And this Earth Day, we present a Local, USA climate double feature with Freedom Hill, a co-presentation of AfroPoP, and Fire Tender, a presentation of Vision Maker Media – first, a historically-Black community in North Carolina seeks reform as floods continually threaten their homes. Then, Yurok tribe member Margo Robbins advocates for the return of fire practices to ancestral lands in California.
Uniting themes of justice, redemption and forward progress, WORLD mirrors the spring season with films representing hope and renewal.
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Climate and Our Planet PBS LearningMedia Collection
This collection of supplementary digital media resources offers a range of options for engaging middle and high school students with key questions in climate science:
- How do the interconnected systems of Earth drive its climate?
- What are people around the world learning about how Earth’s climate is changing?
- Who are the helpers creating a healthier future for our planet, and how can we join in designing and achieving climate change solutions?
These resources align with NGSS Earth and life science disciplinary core ideas and many offer opportunities for students to exercise STEM practices and place-based civic engagement skills.
In this collection:
PBS Climate Innovation Virtual Town Hall On-Demand
Watch the On-Demand Archive of Great Lakes Now for a PBS Climate Virtual Town Hall focused on climate solutions, resilience and innovation.
The event showcased excerpts from the documentary, “Ted Explores: A New Climate Vision,” and talk with researchers, journalists and other experts at the frontlines of addressing the challenges of a changing climate with rigor and imagination.
PBS Climate Innovation Virtual Town Hall: Presented by Great Lakes Now Featuring “TED Explores: A New Climate Vision”
The Event Was Held: Tuesday, February 13 at 7 p.m.
Featured guests include:
- David Biello, TED’s lead science curator and the author of “The Unnatural World: The Race to Remake Civilization in Earth’s Newest Age.”
- Henk Ovink, Executive Director of the Global Commission on the Economics of Water, Senior Fellow at the World Resources Institute, and recent past UN Special Envoy for Water.
- Chelsea Schelly, Professor of Sociology in the Department of Social Sciences and Director of Research at the Center for Innovation in Sustainability & Resilience at Michigan Technological University.
- Curt Wolf, University of Michigan’s Director of Urban Collaboratory and co-lead on a multi-partner project called the Michigan Center for Freshwater Innovation.
- Ann Baughman, Associate Director for Freshwater Future. Ann manages the climate program–helping communities build resilience to the impacts of climate change.
- Valoree Gagnon, Director of University-Indigenous Community Partnerships at the Great Lakes Research Center at Michigan Technological University.
- Justin Bibb, Mayor of Cleveland, Ohio, and Chair of Climate Mayors. Mayor Bibb is a strong advocate for elevating local climate leadership and priorities.
The event will be moderated by J. Carl Ganter, award-winning photojournalist, reporter, and co-founder and director of Circle of Blue.
Curious George: Songs, Videos & Activities
Play games and watch full episodes of Curious George on https://pbskids.org/curiousgeorge/
Aimed at preschoolers, “Curious George” inspires children to explore science, engineering, and math in the world around them. And what better guide is there for this kind of exploration than the world’s most curious monkey? George lives to find new things to discover, touch, spill, and chew. Everything is new to George and worth investigating. Of course, in George’s hands — all four of them — investigation often leads to unintended consequences!
WXXI Favorite Activities:
- Games: Play Curious George online games. George’s Busy Day games are available in both English and Spanish.
- Activity: Download some Curious George puzzles and activities!
- Activity: Create your own Butterfly Hide and Seek game.
- Activity: Practice Counting with Your Hands.
- Activity: Discover the Magic of Bubbles.
- Activity: Be an environmentalist! Find out How to Make a Plastic Bottle Birdfeeder.
- Activity: Use up some of those recyclables by making a Recycled Sailboat.
- Online: Explore the Curious George STEM Collection on PBS LearningMedia.
Curious George Ready to Learn Collection on PBS LearningMedia - Video: Watch an episode on the Curious George video player on PBSKIDS.org or on the free PBS KIDS Video App.
Find articles, games, and hands-on activities to go with the series at the PBS KIDS for Parents Curious George Page
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Nature Cat: Songs, Videos & Activities
Play games and watch full episodes of Nature Cat on https://pbskids.org/naturecat
“Nature Cat,” a series for children ages 3 to 7, follows Fred, a house cat who dreams of exploring the great outdoors. Once his family leaves for the day, Fred transforms into Nature Cat: “backyard explorer extraordinaire!” He can’t wait to get outside for a day of nature adventures and bravery! There’s just one problem: he’s still a house cat with no instincts for nature! With the help of his animal friends, Nature Cat goes on action-packed adventures full of nature investigation and humor, all while inspiring children to go outside and experience nature.
WXXI Favorite Activities:
- Activity: Create Your Own DIY Pond Viewer
- Activity: Make Sun Prints
- Activity: Make Your Own Fruit Leather Snack
- Online Game: Play the game Hal’s Big Dig
- Article: Encouraging Kids To Enjoy with Nature with All Their Senses
- Activity: Create a natural toolbox
- Learning Resources: Explore the Nature Cat PBS LearningMedia Collection
See Games, Activities and Videos from the Nature Cat Series at PBS KIDS
Learn more about the series, articles, activities and games at PBS KIDS for Parents: Nature Cat Show Page
Nature Cat Videos Playlist
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