Students practice recognizing litter and pollution and choosing safe, helpful actions to care for the environment.
Read each problem with a teacher or helper. Draw or write your answer. Use kind and safe choices.
Learning simple ways to keep our land, water, and air clean
Environmental Science - Grade K-1
- 1
Circle the item that belongs in the trash can: a candy wrapper, a flower, or a bird.
- 2
You see paper on the playground. What should you do if it is safe to pick up?
- 3
Draw one place where litter does not belong.
- 4
Choose the cleaner choice: Use a reusable water bottle or throw away many plastic cups.
- 5
A banana peel is on the floor. Should you touch it with bare hands or ask an adult for help?
- 6
Look at the picture. Put an X on the litter.
- 7
Name one thing you can do to help keep water clean.
- 8
Which bin should a newspaper go in if your school recycles paper?
- 9
Finish the sentence: I can keep my classroom clean by ____.
- 10
A friend drops a snack bag on the ground. What kind words could you say?
- 11
Circle the things that can hurt animals if left outside: plastic bag, toy car, orange tree.
- 12
Draw a clean beach. Add one trash can to your drawing.
- 13
Which action helps the air stay cleaner: walking a short way with an adult or sitting in a car with the engine on?
- 14
Sort these items by saying trash or recycle: empty paper box, used tissue, plastic bottle.
- 15
Write or draw one promise you can make to help stop litter.