World Environment Day 'Connecting Wall' quiz

Celebrate World Environment Day and challenge your students' scientific knowledge and lateral thinking skills for with this innovative connecting wall quiz, inspired by the BBC's Only Connect quiz.

What's included

• A ready-to-use connecting wall quiz featuring environmental science and sustainability themes
• Eight challenging wall grids which can be used together for an extended mega quiz or individually for shorter activities
• Clear instructions, scoring guide and answers with explanations of connections

As a PowerPoint resource, this quiz is exclusively available to science subscribers.

How to use this quiz

This engaging quiz adapts the BBC's Only Connect format to test environmental knowledge. Players face a 4x4 grid containing 16 clues that must be sorted into four groups of four connected items. Each group shares a theme related to environmental science or sustainability.

The challenge lies in spotting the connections within a 5-minute time limit, with some clues cleverly designed to appear to fit multiple categories. Players can earn up to 8 points: 4 points for finding all groups without mistakes, 1 point for each correct group found, and a bonus point for identifying all connecting themes.

Engaging activities for World Environment Day

Make World Environment Day memorable by using this quiz as an engaging starter or plenary activity. Challenge students to work in teams, fostering collaboration whilst testing their environmental knowledge.

For more inspiration, explore our 20 activity ideas for World Environment Day, perfect for cross-curricular learning and whole-school celebrations.