Welcome to RNG Kids! We hope kids, parents, and educators alike will use this page as a resource to learn more about sustainability, clean energy, and renewable natural gas (RNG) in particular. RNG Kids offers content to help explain the importance of methane capture to our environment, and how to turn this captured greenhouse gas (GHG) into a renewable energy source that can be utilized in multiple beneficial ways.
The lessons on RNG Kids are easy to follow and understand. RNG Kids is a great resource for teachers looking for environmental education plans, parents who want to increase their family’s understanding of an important green energy resource, and kids of all ages looking to have a lot of fun as they learn!
Meet the Gang!
Join Pete and his friends as they learn about sustainability, and be sure to come back often for new games, experiments and adventures!
Pete the Peel
Professor Onion (Aka Smonion)
Apple
Candice the Cow
COMIC BOOK: The Adventures of Pete the Peel - An RNG Story
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COLORING BOOK
Want More Pete the Peel?
Click this image for a printable coloring book, and add your own colors to Pete’s story!
AROUND THE WORLD WITH PETE THE PEEL
Hey kids, teachers and parents, be sure to share your art with us!
Post your pictures and photos on social and be sure to tag #PeteThePeel and #RNGKids.
Check back to see if Pete hung your masterpiece in his living room!
EXPERIMENTS TO LEARN ABOUT RENEWABLE NATURAL GAS
Kids, parents and educators are encouraged to print and use the experiments below.
GAMES
CROSSWORD PUZZLE
ACROSS
1 - The layers of gasses that envelop a planet.
7 - These are gasses in the earth’s atmosphere that trap heat.
8 - The chemical formula for carbon dioxide.
9 - This is the process of converting waste materials into new materials and objects.
12 - When something is derived from living material.
DOWN
2 - This means “without oxygen.”
3 - Composed of carbon and hydrogen this is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change.
4 - When used applying to the environment, this is how we meet the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.
5 - These are basic materials used to produce goods, finished goods and energy.
6 - RNG is a form of this, which is power derived from the utilization of physical or chemical resources, especially to produce heat, light and fuel.
10 - The abbreviation for renewable natural gas.
11 - The long-term weather pattern in an areas is known as this.
MAZE
Can you help Candice find a way through the maze to get to the Renewable Natural Gas facility?
FIND THE DIGESTER
An anaerobic digester is hiding in this herd of cows. Can you find it?
SPOT THE DIFFERENCES
Can you find all 8 differences between the scenes below?
CONNECT THE DOTS
Who is hiding in each of these pictures? Connect the dots by following the sequence of numbers to reveal the answers.
SUSTAINABILITY IS INTERNATIONAL!
Grab a croissant and click below for sustainability tips and a quick lesson in French!
Meet Vincent!
Alternate Transport
Eat Local
Moderate Temps
Lights Out
Reuse Drinkware
Recycle Food Scraps
New Life for Old Clothes
Conserve
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