Inspire zero waste superheroes with the Zero Heroes teaching resource
Trusted by teachers and kids for 10+ years in 400+ cities
Exciting and fun arts and game-based activities
Supports science, arts, language and social studies for Gr. 3-6
Supports Saskatchewan Outcomes
Science
Arts Education
Language
Social Studies
Plug & Play! Minimal Prep!
Print Worksheets 
Set Up Projector
Let The Website Do The Rest!
How It Works
6 weekly pre-planned modules, at your own pace
Led by a website projected at the front of the class
Students do fun and engaging activities for points
Module at-a-glance (approx.60-75mins)
10 Minute Prep
Video-Led
Team Activities
Game Shows
Music
Missions
NEW: Activities have been adapted for COVID protocols
What Teachers Say
"It's ready-made, needs little prep and engages students. My favourite part - it covers multiple outcomes too!"
Chad Klein, Weyburn, SK
"Amazing and something that ever 3rd grade teacher should use! The kids were engaged in every part!"
Madison Biem, Ponteix, SK
"I will definitely use it again and can recommend to other teachers. The kids were actually sad when it was over!"
Laurette Dupuis, N. Battleford, SK
A MISSION FOR ZERO WASTE
The Zero Heroes resource inspires students as zero waste superheroes to explore our garbage predicament and change their families’ waste habits!
Modules Overview
Operation Garbage Watch
The adventure begins! Why is garbage a problem? What brings us joy that isn’t about stuff? First mission assignment!
Operation Love Food, Hate Waste
Why and how do we waste perfectly good food? Calculate the relative value of the food families waste. Learn about an Indigenous community with a huge recycling centre in Arizona, and the principle of using every part of what is harvested. Mission 2: Reduce food waste at home.
Operation Food Scraps
Composting and food scraps: why bother? Play a Sorting Game and write a rap about food scraps. Learn about the thousands-of-years-old practice of composting from an Indigenous community in Arizona. Get Mission 3: use your food scraps bin!
Operation Waste-Free Lunch
What is packaging and what problems does it cause? Analyse today’s lunch. Use math to learn about collective impact. Discover how the ancestral Pueblo used nature’s principals to farm in the desert. Make a poster and get Mission 4: have a waste-free lunch.
Operation Buy Smart
Now that we know all this, how can we buy smarter? Brainstorm solutions, create buy-smart guidelines, create skits about impulse shopping, and get Mission 5: teach your families to buy smart!
Operation Green Cycle
Designing following nature’s design. Learning about biomimicry: how can we design like nature does? Learn about making houses from natural materials, from the Pueblo people. Invent a product that uses biomimicry. Through the art of your choice, share your product with the class.
Messages from Mother Earth
Indigenous perspectives on waste
Each week, our young Cree superhero highlights Indigenous-led environmental projects around the world, showing how Indigenous cultural practices and wisdom hold solutions for our waste issues.
Created in consultation and collaboration with Indigenous artists, elders and culture keepers.
Inspires Action on the Sustainable Development Goals
Promotes 21st Century Learning
Facilitates interdisciplinary learning
combining arts, language, science and social studies curriculum
Develops the 4C's
incl. communication, critical thinking, collaboration and creativity
Connects learning to the real world
through fun at-home missions to lead change in families
Meets diverse learning needs
with engaging, arts-based group activities
Helps bring tech into the classroom
in an easy plug & play format, no special equipment needed!
