Practice sorting trash, recycling, reusing items, and choosing actions that help keep Earth clean.
Read each problem with a teacher or grown-up. Write or draw your answer in the space provided.
Simple ways to help take care of our planet
Science - Grade K-1
- 1
Circle the item that can be recycled: banana peel, plastic bottle, dirty tissue.
- 2
You have a paper that is blank on the back. What is one way you can reuse it?
- 3
Draw a line from each item to the best bin: apple core to compost, soda can to recycle, candy wrapper to trash.
- 4
Which action helps reduce waste: using a lunchbox every day or using a new paper bag every day?
- 5
A classroom has lights on, but no one is in the room. What should someone do?
- 6
Look at the picture of a park. Circle the things that do not belong on the ground.
- 7
Which word means to use something again: reduce, reuse, or recycle?
- 8
Mia brings a reusable water bottle to school. Is this a good choice for keeping Earth clean? Tell why.
- 9
Color the recycling bin green and draw one thing that can go inside it.
- 10
Sam sees a wrapper on the playground. What safe choice can Sam make?
- 11
Which item is better to use again: a cloth towel or a paper towel?
- 12
Draw one way your family can make less trash at home.
- 13
Look at the four items. Put an X on the item that should not go in the recycling bin: clean cardboard box, clean can, clean plastic bottle, leftover sandwich.
- 14
Why is it important to keep trash out of rivers, lakes, and oceans?
- 15
Finish the sentence: I can help keep Earth clean by ____.