Keeping Our Environment Clean

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Objective

I can describe ways to keep our environment clean.

Part 1 of 3

Key concepts

3 concepts

  1. 1

    Picking up trash and putting it in a trash can helps keep parks and streets clean and animals safe.

  2. 2

    Recycling means making new things from old things, like paper, cans, and bottles.

  3. 3

    We can use less water by turning off the water when brushing our teeth and taking shorter showers.

Part 2 of 3

Practice

7 questions

1

Why is it important to keep the Earth clean?

2

What can you do with trash you see on the ground?

Part 3 of 3

Exit ticket

Quick comprehension check

Name two ways you can help keep the Earth clean, based on what you read.

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