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Print-&-Play Activities
Educate and inspire at expos, events, meetings, and in classrooms and youth programs with Buildy Green's print-and-play activities!
As part of its mission, the CZYI offers the outreach tools below for ready download by educators and individuals. For corporate licensing of materials, bulk orders of Buildy Green, It Takes a Team book or to sponsor Buildy Green's story in your community, please contact below.
Buildy Green, It Takes a Team! CLASSROOM SLIDES
A classroom/workshop friendly way to share Buildy Green's story! Available in three formats:
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Rhyming Story Only (6-minute read aloud)
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Buildy Green Book
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Full Story + Explanations + Activities, spread out for optimal classroom sharing and presentation customization (25 minutes read-aloud
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Buildy Green Book pages on classroom slides, formatted as printed. (Printed copies available here)
These slides are available to download by anyone looking to educate youth, students of any age, workshop participants or the broader public on better building practices. Use as a full set or just individual slides!
Make A Mini Buildy Green!
Miniature paper model activity
Time: 10 minutes
Age range: 10+
Supplies Needed:
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White Cardstock (recommended) or paper
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Scissors
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2-way tape (recommended) or glue
Construct a mini Buildy Green! Peak inside Buildy's water and HVAC systems, check out the green roof and solar panels on top, and find Buildy's underground geothermal system!
Make A Green Building!
(Simpler) miniature paper model
Time: 3-5 minutes
Age range: 6+
Supplies Needed:
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White Cardstock (recommended) or paper
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Scissors
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2-way tape (recommended) or glue
Construct a simple green building, featuring solar panels, a green roof, smart HVAC system, geothermal system, and greywater water recycling
How Will You Make Better Buildings?
Career Exploration "Fortune Teller"
Age range: 7+ Print-out hands-on activity (5 minutes)
Featuring career profiles for:
Architects - Structural Engineers - Construction Managers - Materials Producers - Materials Scientists - Facilities Managers - Deconstruction Experts - Electrical Engineers
Note: this print-out is offered in two versions; one for printers that can print close to the edge of standard 8.5x11 page and one that is slightly smaller, and requires trimming but works for printers that require a margin.
ECO Mission: Materials Game
Print-and-play board game
Age range: 10+
(25-30 minutes)
In this board game, work as a team to complete the material life cycle with the lowest possible carbon score before the time runs out. Teams travel through raw materials extraction, transportation, processing, construction, and end-of-life/reuse stages, learning about how different factors affect the upfront, or embodied, carbon of materials.
