Environmental lessons for daycare centre children

How does the electricity get into the socket?

How is energy generated? What is good for the environment? This year, children from 18 daycare centres in Beckum will find answers to these questions as part of an Environment Day.

23 April 2024 by Sandra Berges
    Daycare children and organising team
    • They learnt a lot: the daycare centre children with (from left) Max Hegemann, climate protection manager for the town of Beckum, Hanna Merkentrup, head of the daycare centre, Malin Krämer, a speaker from the German Environmental Action Association, Jutta Müller-Knipping (EVB) and Verena Drongowski (Sparkasse Beckum-Wadersloh).

    The children learn vividly how electricity is generated or how a photovoltaic system works. In this way, environmentally friendly behaviour and ecological knowledge are promoted in a playful way and an understanding of renewable energies is strengthened.

    Speaker demonstrates steam generator
    Speaker Malin Krämer from the German Environmental Campaign fires up the model of a steam generator with a barbecue lighter.

    Playful discovery

    On Monday, the children at St Michael's day care centre in Roland had a visit from Malin Krämer from the German Environmental Action Association. She invited the children to discover different methods of generating electricity using small power station models. They were able to actively participate in small groups and contribute their knowledge. They not only learnt new things, but also discussed topics such as climate change andCO2 consumption. The children really got involved and were enthusiastic about the environmental lessons in their daycare centre.

    The team behind the campaign, Jutta Müller-Knipping from Energieversorgung Beckum (EVB), Verena Drongowski from Sparkasse Beckum-Wadersloh and Max Hegemann, climate protection manager for the town of Beckum, were also able to see the success of the project for themselves.